The adaptive response of Escherichia coli O157 in an environment with changing pH

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 555-560

  De Jonge, Rob ^a   Takumi, K ^a   Ritmeester, W S ^a   Van Leusden, F M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acid resistance; Adaptation; Escherichia coli; Predictive modelling; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ACID RESISTANCE; FATTY ACIDS; FORECASTING;

ACID SENSITIVES; ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE RESPONSE; E. COLI O157; E.COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FATTY ACID COMPOSITION; FERMENTORS; PH VALUE; PREDICTIVE MODELS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACID; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; MEMBRANE LIPID;

BACTERIUM; PH;

ACID TOLERANCE; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; STOMACH PH; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0037266961     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.01865.x     Document Type: Article

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