Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 92, Issue 7 , Pages 3002-3013 , July 2009

Microbiological and chemical properties of kefir manufactured by entrapped microorganisms isolated from kefir grains

  • T.-H. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • S.-Y. Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Experimental Farm, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • K.-N. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tungnan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • J.-R. Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • M.-J. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Center for Food and Biomolecule, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 1 September 2008 ,Accepted 3 March 2009.

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PII: S0022-0302(09)70616-2

doi: 10.3168/jds.2008-1669

Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 92, Issue 7 , Pages 3002-3013 , July 2009

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