Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 89, Issue 7 , Pages 2414-2423 , July 2006

Characterization of a New Virulent Phage (MLC-A) of Lactobacillus paracasei

  • M.L. Capra

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Lactología Industrial (INLAIN), Facultad de Ingeniería Química (Universidad Nacional del Litoral), Santiago del Estero 2829, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • A. del L. Quiberoni

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Lactología Industrial (INLAIN), Facultad de Ingeniería Química (Universidad Nacional del Litoral), Santiago del Estero 2829, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina
    • ,
  • H.-W. Ackermann

      Affiliations

    • Département de Biologie Medícale, Faculté de Médicine, and
    • ,
  • S. Moineau

      Affiliations

    • Département de Biochimie et de Microbiologie, Faculté des Sciences et de Génie, Groupe de Recherche en Écologie Buccale (GREB), Faculté de Médecine Dentaire, Félix d’Hérelle Reference Center for Bacterial Viruses, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, G1K 7P4
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  • J.A. Reinheimer

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Lactología Industrial (INLAIN), Facultad de Ingeniería Química (Universidad Nacional del Litoral), Santiago del Estero 2829, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina

Received 12 October 2005 ,Accepted 20 February 2006.

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doi: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72314-1

Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 89, Issue 7 , Pages 2414-2423 , July 2006

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