African Journal of
Food Science

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Food Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0794
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJFS
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 978

Full Length Research Paper

Synergistic fermentative nutritional quality of Lactobacillus delbrueckii and Bacillus pumilus on date fruits (Phoenix dactylifera)

Bankefa, Emmanuel Olufemi1* and Oyedeji, Olumide Murtala2
1Federal University, Oye, Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. 2Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Received: 14 October 2014
  •  Accepted: 27 April 2015
  •  Published: 27 May 2015

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