Fj. Hernandez et al., REPAIR AND ENTEROTOXIN SYNTHESIS BY STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS AFTER THERMAL-SHOCK, Applied and environmental microbiology, 59(5), 1993, pp. 1515-1519
To study repair and enterotoxin synthesis, four staphylococcal strains
(FRI-100, FRI-137, FRI-472, and S6) were subjected to sublethal heat
treatment, transferred to four liquid repair media (1% powdered skim m
ilk in distilled water, complex medium, M9 minimal salt medium, and sa
line solution), and then incubated at different temperatures. Powdered
skim milk proved to be the most efficient medium for promoting the re
pair of injured cells, particularly at 37-degrees-C. Minimal salt medi
um also gave good results. Salt tolerance also increased at 4-degrees-
C, although it did not reach normal values. After 6 h of incubation at
37-degrees-C in powdered skim milk, strain FRI-100 synthesized detect
able amounts of enterotoxin A. After 10 h of incubation in the same me
dium at the same temperature, enterotoxins were detected in all of the
strains.