Final full-text version of the paper available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00295-08.
The fermentation of milk by S. thermophilus is a widespread industrial process that is susceptible to bacteriophage attacks. In this work, it is described a preventive Fast Real-time PCR method for the detection, quantification and typification of S. thermophilus phages in thirty minutes.
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