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Bade Tonyali1, Austin McDaniel1, Valentina Trinetta2
1Food Science Institute, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, United States of America.
Abstract:
Bacterial cell characteristics, such as size, morphology, and membrane integrity, are affected by environmental conditions. Thermal treatment results in related structural changes, extent of which is determined by the microorganism's survival skills and inactivation kinetics. The objective of this study was to characterize changes in cell structure of Escherichia coli during heating using the combined analysis of dynamic light scattering (DLS), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques. The size of E. coli cells increased from 2.3 μm to 3.0 μm with heating up to 50 °C followed by a shrinkage with further heating up to 70 °C. The morphological changes were verified using transmission electron microscopy. Related changes in membrane integrity was quantified via the mobility of 16-doxylstearic acid (16-DSA) spin probe using EPR spectroscopy. Two order parameters S1 and S2 defined on x- and y-axes, respectively, decreased with increasing temperature indicating loss of membrane integrity. The combined techniques as in this study can be used to further understand factors that play role in survival behavior of microorganisms.
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