1887

Abstract

The heat resistance of depends on the temperature of incubation prior to heat treatment at 50 °C. This dependence is affected by the fatty acid composition in bacterial membranes. The results are discussed in relation to the change in fluidity of membrane lipids.

Loading

Article metrics loading...

/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-122-2-357
1981-02-01
2024-04-24
Loading full text...

Full text loading...

/deliver/fulltext/micro/122/2/mic-122-2-357.html?itemId=/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-122-2-357&mimeType=html&fmt=ahah

References

  1. Beuchat L.R. 1978; Injury and repair of gram negative bacteria, with special consideration of the involvement of the cytoplasmic membrane. Advances in Applied Microbiology 23:219–243
    [Google Scholar]
  2. Bligh E.G., Dyer W.J. 1959; A rapid method of total lipid extraction and purification. Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and Physiology 37:911–917
    [Google Scholar]
  3. Cronan J.E.Jr Gelmann E.P. 1975; Physical properties of membrane lipids: biological relevance and regulation. Bacteriological Reviews 39:232–256
    [Google Scholar]
  4. Cullen J., Phillips M.C., Shipley G.G. 1971; The effects of temperature on the composition and physical properties of the lipids of Pseudomonas fluorescens. Biochemical Journal 125:733–742
    [Google Scholar]
  5. Elliker P.R., Frazier W.C. 1938; Influence of time and temperature of incubation on heat resistance of Escherichia coli . Journal of Bacteriology 36:83–98
    [Google Scholar]
  6. Esfahani M.Jr Wakil S.J. 1969; Control of fatty acid composition in phospholipids of Escherichia coli- response to fatty acid supplements in a fatty acid auxotroph. Pro-ceedings of the National Academy of sciences of the United States of America 64:1057–1064
    [Google Scholar]
  7. Farrell J., Rose A.H. 1968; Cold shock in a mesophilic and a psychrophilic pseudomonad. Journal of General Microbiology 50:429–439
    [Google Scholar]
  8. Haest C.W.M., De Gier J., Van Es G.A., Verkleij A.J., Van Deenen L.L.M. 1972; Fragility of the permeability barrier of Escherichia coli . Biochimica et biophysica acta 288:43–53
    [Google Scholar]
  9. Hansen N.li., Riemann H. 1963; Factors affecting the heat resistance of nonsporing organisms. Journal of Applied Bacteriology 26:314–333
    [Google Scholar]
  10. Marr A.G., Ingraham J.L. 1962; Effect of temperature on the composition of fatty acids of Escherichia coli . Journal of Bacteriology 84:1260–1267
    [Google Scholar]
  11. Overath P., Raufuss E. 1967; The induction of the enzymes of fatty acid degradation in Escherichia coli . Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 29:28–33
    [Google Scholar]
  12. Overath P.., Schairre H.U., Stoffel W. 1970; Correlation of in vivo and in vitro phase transitions of membrane lipids in Escherichia coli . Proceedings of the National Academy of sciences of the United States of America 61:606–612
    [Google Scholar]
  13. Paton J.C., McMurchie E.J., May B.K., Elliott W.H. 1978; Effect of growth temperature on membrane fatty acid composition and susceptibility to cold shock of Bacillus amylo- liquefaciens . Journal of Bacteriology 135:754–759
    [Google Scholar]
  14. Sinenskey M. 1974; Homeoviscous adaptation - a homeostatic process that regulates the viscosity of the membrane lipids in Escherichia coli . Proceedings of the National Academy of sciences of the United States of America 71:522–525
    [Google Scholar]
  15. Tomlins R.I., Ordal Z.J. 1976; Thermal injury and inactivation in vegetative bacteria. . In Inhibition and Inactivation of Vegetative Microbes pp. 153–190 Skinner F.A., Hugo W.B. Edited by New York & London: Academic Press.;
    [Google Scholar]
  16. Tsuchido T., Takano M., Shibasaki I. 1974; Effect of temperature-elevating process on the subsequent isothermal death of Escherichia coli K 12. Journal of Fermentation Technology 52:788–792
    [Google Scholar]
  17. Yatvin M.B. 1976; Evidence that survival of Ɣ-irradiated Escherichia coli is influenced by mem-brane fluidity. International Journal of Radiation Biology 30:571–575
    [Google Scholar]
  18. Yatvin M.B. 1977; The influence of membrane lipid composition and procaine on hyperthermic death of cells. International Journal of Radiation Biology 32:513–521
    [Google Scholar]
http://instance.metastore.ingenta.com/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-122-2-357
Loading
/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-122-2-357
Loading

Data & Media loading...

This is a required field
Please enter a valid email address
Approval was a Success
Invalid data
An Error Occurred
Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error