The second volume in the series The Lactic Acid Bacteria concentrates on theclassification of the genera which has undergone considerable change in recentyears.... » 

The second volume in the series The Lactic Acid Bacteria concentrates on theclassification of the genera which has undergone considerable change in recentyears. This is the only comprehensive treatment available which dealsexclusively with the genera of lactic acid bacteria and their classification.It will be an essential source of reference for dairy technologistsmicrobiologists and biotechnologists in the academic and industrial sectors.Each chapter includes discussion of the phylogentic position of the genus inquestion and its relationship to other genera of lactic acid bacteria adescription of the principal features which are characteristics of the genusand descriptions of the species in the genus. In this volume a chapter isdevoted to each of the principal genera of lactic acid bacteria which are nowrecognized. «