Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1751-1758 , May 2008

Production, Purification, and Characterization of a Potential Thermostable Galactosidase for Milk Lactose Hydrolysis from Bacillus stearothermophilus

Received 15 August 2007 ,Accepted 8 January 2008.

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PII: S0022-0302(08)71211-6

doi: 10.3168/jds.2007-617

Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1751-1758 , May 2008