Acid habituation of Escherichia coli and the potential role of cyclopropane fatty acids in low pH tolerance

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 163-173

  Brown, Janelle L ^a   Ross, Thomas ^a   McMeekin, Thomas A ^a   Nichols, Peter D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid habituation; Cyclopropane fatty acids; De habituation; Intrinsic acid tolerance; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PH;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CYCLOPROPANES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030826911     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(97)00068-8     Document Type: Article

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