Very low ethanol concentration affect the viability and growth recovery in post-stationary-phase Staphylococcus aureus populations

Authors :: Chatterjee, Indranil
Herrmann, Mathias
Somerville, Greg A.
Heilmann, Christine
Sahl, Hans-Georg
Maurer, Hans H.
Source :: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. April, 2006, Vol. 72 Issue 4, 2627-2636
Publication Year :: 2006
Abstract: Growth media for Staphylococcus aureus strain DSM20231with VLEC is supplemented and ultramorphology, growth, and viability compared to those with unsupplemented media for prolonged culture times is determined. These data demonstrate that VLEC have profound effects on the recovery of Staphylococcus aureus even after ethanol depletion and delay the transition from primary to secondary metabolite catabolism.

Subjects :: Staphylococcus aureus -- Physiological aspects
Staphylococcus aureus -- Growth
Alcohol -- Chemical properties
Alcohol, Denatured -- Chemical properties
Company growth
Biological sciences

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