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Starvation- and stationary-phase-induced acid tolerance in Escherichia coli O157:H7
1Department of Food Microbiology and Toxicology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706-1187, USA.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|May 1, 1995
Abstract:
Stationary phase and the starvation of log-phase cells increased the acid tolerance of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains. Although the degree of acid tolerance varied, the survival of most O157:H7 strains exceeded that of other, related, pathogens in a synthetic gastric fluid.