Effect of growth conditions on heat resistance of Arizona bacteria grown in a chemostat.
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Ng, H
RESUMO
The effects of various growth conditions on the heat resistance of Arizona bacteria grown in a continuous-culture device (chemostat) were studied. Using either glucose, NH4Cl, NaH2PO4, or MgCl2 as the rate-limiting nutrient, it was found that the heat resistance, in all cases depended on the dilution rate and, hence, growth rate of the culture. Cells grown at high dilution rates were less heat resistant than those grown at low dilution rates. If, however, the dilution rate was maintained at a constant rate, the higher the growth temperature, the more heat resistant were the cells. Also at any given dilution rate, the cells were most heat resistant when grown at a near neutral pH. Most survival curves were biphasic in shape, indicating the presence in the population of two fractions of cells, one fraction being more resistant than the other. The size of the more heat-resistant fraction varied from almost 100% in very slow-growing cultures to practically 0% in cultures grown at a dilution rate of 0.67 h-1.
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