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International Journal of Microbiology
Volume 2010, Article ID 430873, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/430873
Research Article

Glycerol Enhances the Antifungal Activity of Dairy Propionibacteria

Helena Lind,1 Anders Broberg,2 Karin Jacobsson,1 Hans Jonsson,1 and Johan Schnürer1

1Department of Microbiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7025, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
2Department of Chemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7015, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden

Received 19 May 2010; Revised 24 November 2010; Accepted 28 November 2010

Academic Editor: Isabel Sá-Correia

Copyright © 2010 Helena Lind et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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