STARVATION-INDUCED AND STATIONARY-PHASE-INDUCED ACID TOLERANCE IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI O157 H7/

Authors
ARNOLD KW KASPAR CW
Citation
Kw. Arnold et Cw. Kaspar, STARVATION-INDUCED AND STATIONARY-PHASE-INDUCED ACID TOLERANCE IN ESCHERICHIA-COLI O157 H7/, Applied and environmental microbiology, 61(5), 1995, pp. 2037-2039
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
61
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2037 - 2039
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1995)61:5<2037:SASATI>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Stationary phase and the starvation of log-phase cells increased the a cid tolerance of Escherichia coli O157:W7 strains. Although the degree of acid tolerance varied, the survival of most O157:H7 strains exceed ed that of other, related, pathogens in a synthetic gastric fluid.