FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: there are offered synthetic oligonucleotide primers and method for detecting Streptococcus thermophilus in starter cultures in hard cheese production. The presented method involves conducting the PCR. If having found the DNA fragment of size of 655 b.p., the presence of Streptococcus thermophilus in the analysed biomaterial is stated.
EFFECT: method may be used in diary production industry for detecting and identifying the Streptococcus thermophilus strains and cultures in the starter cultures in hard cheese production.
2 cl, 1 tbl, 3 ex
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Dates
2012-07-10—Published
2011-03-23—Filed