title: Advances in the genetics of thermophilic lactic acid bacteria.
abstract: Molecular genetics of thermophilic lactic acid bacteria has advanced in several directions: exploitation of the milk proteins and sugars; primary and secondary metabolism; stress response; and molecular ecology of bacteria and their phages. These have singularly contributed to open new avenues of scientific interest in the field: comparative phage genomics; horizontal gene transfer events in bacterial or phage populations; and genetics of external polysaccharide production.
authors.affiliation: Université Catholique de Louvain, Unité de Génétique, Croix du Sud, 5 B-1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delcour
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ferain
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hols
mesh_terms: D003611:Dairy Products / Q000382:microbiology*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000235:genetics*; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D019344:Lactic Acid