Genetics of Lactic Acid Bacteria
Beginning with an introduction to relevant genetic techniques, chapters cover all major groups of LAB, including the Bifidobacteria; plasmid biology, gene transfer, phage, and sugar metabolism; gene expression of various LAB; applications for genetically
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THE LACTIC ACID BACTERIA Series Editor: Brian 1. B. Wood Strathclyde University Glasgow, Scotland
Volume 3: Genetics of Lactic Acid Bacteria Edited by Brian J. B. Wood and Philip J. Warner Volume 2: Genera of Lactic Acid Bacteria Edited by W. H. N. Holzapfel and Brian J. B. Wood Volume 1: Lactic Acid Bacteria in Health and Disease Edited by Brian J. B. Wood
Genetics of Lactic Acid Bacteria Edited by
Brian 1. B. Wood Strathclyde University Glasgow, Scotland and
Philip 1. Warner Cranfield University at Silsoe Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wood, Brian, 1. B. Genetics of lactic acid bacteria/Brian J. B. Wood and Philip J. Wamer. p. cm. - (The lactic acid bacteria; v. 3) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-46l3-4959-4 ISBN 978-1-4615-0191-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-0191-6 1. Lactic acid bacteria-Genetics. 1. Wamer, Philip J. II. Title. III. Series. QR121.W662oo3 579.3'55-dc21 2003044722
ISBN 978-1-46l3-4959-4 © 2003 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers in 2003 Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover Ist edition 2003
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Contributors List 1.
Girbe Buist Bioiogisch Centrum University of Groningen Kerklaan 30, 9751 NN Haren The Netherlands
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Stephane Chaillou Flore Lactique et Environnement Came (FLEC) lNRA-CRJ, Domaine de Vilvert 78350 Jouy-en-Josas France
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Luis M. Cintas Departemento de Nutrici6n y Bromotologia III Facultad de Veterinaria Universidad Complutense de Madrid 28040-Madrid Spain
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Willem M. de Vos Laboratory of Microbiology Department of Biomolecular Sciences Hesse1ink van Suchtelenweg 4 6703 CT Wageningen, The Netherlands E-mail: [email protected]
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Gerald F. Fitzgerald Department of Microbiology and Food Science and Technology The National Food Research Centre University College Cork, Ireland E-mail: [email protected]
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Michael J. Gasson Department of Genetics & Microbiology Institute of Food Research
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Todd R. Klaenhammer Southeast Dairy Foods Research Center Department of Food Science Box 7624, North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-7624, USA E-mail: [email protected]
8. Michael Kleerebezem Wageningen Centre for Food Sciences NIZO Food Research P.O. Box
