Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 92, Issue 12 , Pages 5868-5882 , December 2009

A high-throughput cheese manufacturing model for effective cheese starter culture screening

  • H. Bachmann

      Affiliations

    • NIZO Food Research, PO Box 20, 6710 BA Ede, the Netherlands
    • Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation, Delft, the Netherlands
    • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Systems Bioinformatics IBIVU, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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  • Z. Kruijswijk

      Affiliations

    • NIZO Food Research, PO Box 20, 6710 BA Ede, the Netherlands
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  • D. Molenaar

      Affiliations

    • NIZO Food Research, PO Box 20, 6710 BA Ede, the Netherlands
    • Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation, Delft, the Netherlands
    • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Systems Bioinformatics IBIVU, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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  • M. Kleerebezem

      Affiliations

    • NIZO Food Research, PO Box 20, 6710 BA Ede, the Netherlands
    • Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation, Delft, the Netherlands
    • Wageningen University, Laboratory for Microbiology, Wageningen, the Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • J.E.T. van Hylckama Vlieg

      Affiliations

    • NIZO Food Research, PO Box 20, 6710 BA Ede, the Netherlands
    • Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation, Delft, the Netherlands
    • Danone Research, Gut and Microbiology Platform, RD 128, 91767 Palaiseau Cedex, France

Received 12 May 2009 ,Accepted 28 August 2009.

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doi: 10.3168/jds.2009-2372

Journal of Dairy Science
Volume 92, Issue 12 , Pages 5868-5882 , December 2009

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