SHORT-CHAIN ORGANIC-ACIDS AT PH 5.0 KILL ESCHERICHIA-COLI AND SALMONELLA SPP WITHOUT CAUSING MEMBRANE PERTURBATION
SHORT-CHAIN ORGANIC-ACIDS AT PH 5.0 KILL ESCHERICHIA-COLI AND SALMONELLA SPP WITHOUT CAUSING MEMBRANE PERTURBATION
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2672.1991.tb04442.x
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发表时间:
1991-02-01
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CHOPRA, I
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CHERRINGTON, CA;HINTON, M;CHOPRA, I
When strains of Escherichia coli K12 and Salmonella spp. were incubated with 0.5-0.7 mol/l formic or propionic acid at pH 5.0, propionic acid was more active than formic acid. It killed 90% of the cell population within 60 min compared with over 3 h for formic acid. Cell death was not associated with a reduction in culture turbidity or a loss of membrane integrity since morphologically normal membranes were observed by electron microscopy and only a small proportion of the cytoplasmic enzyme beta-galactosidase leaked into the supernatant fluid of acid-treated E. coli K12 cultures.