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Microflora present in kefir grains of the Galician region (North-West of Spain)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

Luis Angulo
Affiliation:
Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Vigo, Apartado 874, 36200 Vigo, España
Eliseo Lopez
Affiliation:
Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Vigo, Apartado 874, 36200 Vigo, España
Cesar Lema
Affiliation:
Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Vigo, Apartado 874, 36200 Vigo, España

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