Periodic Reporting for period 1 - CO-DEfENDENCE (Bacteriophages, phage-host interactions and evolution of defence mechanisms in beneficial bacterium Propionibacterium freudenreichii)

Propionibacterium freudenreichii is a dairy-associated bacterium with multiple applications in the dairy industry, from adjunct cultures to bioprotective cultures. Many strains of this bacterium have been reported to have probiotic potential and all have the rare capability to...