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Annual Review of Food Science and Technology

Volume 6, 2015

An Amazing Journey

Abstract

This article describes my early life and the chance events leading to my becoming a microbiologist and then my embarking on a career developing the plasmid biology and genetics of lactococci used in milk fermentations.

Keyword(s): aroma production, Autobiography, conjugation, genetics, lactococci, lactose utilization, milk coagulation, plasmids, transduction
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2015-04-10
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An Amazing Journey
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