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Growth and metabolic activities of heat treated Staphylococcus aureus.

M. C. Allwood, +1 more
- 01 Mar 1969 - 
- Vol. 32, Iss: 1, pp 79-85
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Variation in the composition of the metabolic pool of heated cells occurred during the early lag phase and may be as a result of damage to the cytoplasmic membrane with resulting loss of permeability control.
Abstract
Staphylococcus aureus cells which had been heated at 50 or 60° were transferred to various growth media and intracellular ribonucleic acid (RNA), deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and amino acids were measured during the lag phase of growth. The duration of the lag phase depended on the temperature to which the cultures had been subjected, and was longest following storage at 60°. RNA synthesis occurred almost immediately on placing treated cells in a growth medium, but at a slower rate than with unheated cells. Variation in the composition of the metabolic pool of heated cells occurred during the early lag phase and may be as a result of damage to the cytoplasmic membrane with resulting loss of permeability control.

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Repair of Thermal Injury of Staphylococcus aureus

TL;DR: The data presented demonstrate that thermal injury, in part, occurred owing to changes in the cell membrane, which allowed soluble cellular components to leak into the heating menstruum, and implied that ribonucleic acid synthesis was particularly involved.
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- 01 Jan 1964 - 
TL;DR: Generally, conditions which accelerated the death-rate of Aerobacter aerogenes at 47° also increased the rate of degradation of endogenous RNA and this was accompanied by an increase in the ultraviolet absorption of cold acid-extracts of bacteria and of the suspending fluid.
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