Lactococcus virus P008

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Lactococcus virus P008 is a phage specific to Lactococcus lactis, a lactic acid bacteria used in the first stage of making cheese. P008 and related species are responsible for important loss each year in cheese factories.{{cite journal | vauthors=Coffey A, Ross RP | title=Bacteriophage-resistance systems in dairy starter strains: molecular analysis to application | journal=Antonie van Leeuwenhoek | year=2002 | pages=303–21 | volume=82 | issue=1–4 | pmid=12369198 | doi=10.1023/A:1020639717181| s2cid=7217985 }}