Thermotolerance of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella typhimurium after sublethal heat shock. 1990

V K Bunning, and R G Crawford, and J T Tierney, and J T Peeler
Division of Microbiology, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C. 20204.

The effect of prior heat shock on thermotolerance of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella typhimurium in broth culture was determined. Bacteria were grown at the permissive temperature of 35 degrees C, sublethally heated at 35 (control), 42, 48, and 52 degrees C (nonpermissive control) for various times, and inactivated at either 57.8 or 52 degrees C. The induction of increased thermotolerance by heat shock, although consistent within each experiment, was generally not significant for L. monocytogenes; the increase was significant for S. typhimurium. Temperature shift experiments with L. monocytogenes suggested that induced thermotolerance was not long lived unless the shock temperature was maintained.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008089 Listeria monocytogenes A species of gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria widely distributed in nature. It has been isolated from sewage, soil, silage, and from feces of healthy animals and man. Infection with this bacterium leads to encephalitis, meningitis, endocarditis, and abortion.
D006358 Hot Temperature Presence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably higher than an accustomed norm. Heat,Hot Temperatures,Temperature, Hot,Temperatures, Hot
D012486 Salmonella typhimurium A serotype of Salmonella enterica that is a frequent agent of Salmonella gastroenteritis in humans. It also causes PARATYPHOID FEVER. Salmonella typhimurium LT2
D013045 Species Specificity The restriction of a characteristic behavior, anatomical structure or physical system, such as immune response; metabolic response, or gene or gene variant to the members of one species. It refers to that property which differentiates one species from another but it is also used for phylogenetic levels higher or lower than the species. Species Specificities,Specificities, Species,Specificity, Species

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