Acta Vet. Brno 2018, 87: 301-308

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201887030301

Development of a time-effective and highly specific quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the identification of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus in artisanal raw cow’s milk cheese

Milena Alicja Stachelska1, Roberta Foligni2

1Lomza State University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Computer Science and Food Science, Łomża, Poland
2Polytechnic University of the Marche, Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Ancona, Italy

Received October 25, 2017
Accepted June 27, 2018

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