Jordan S L, Glover J, Malcolm L, Thomson-Carter F M, Booth I R, Park S F
Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory, Reading, RG6 6BZ, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1999 Mar;65(3):1308-11. doi: 10.1128/AEM.65.3.1308-1311.1999.
The acid tolerance of Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains can be overcome by addition of lactate, ethanol, or a combination of the two agents. Killing can be increased by as much as 4 log units in the first 5 min of incubation at pH 3 even for the most acid-tolerant isolates. Exponential-phase, habituated, and stationary-phase cells are all sensitive to incubation with lactate and ethanol. Killing correlates with disruption of the capacity for pH homeostasis. Habituated and stationary-phase cells can partially offset the effects of the lowering of cytoplasmic pH.
添加乳酸、乙醇或这两种试剂的组合可克服大肠杆菌O157:H7菌株的耐酸性。即使对于最耐酸的分离株,在pH 3下孵育的前5分钟内,杀灭率也可提高多达4个对数单位。指数生长期、适应期和稳定期的细胞对与乳酸和乙醇一起孵育均敏感。杀灭与pH稳态能力的破坏相关。适应期和稳定期的细胞可部分抵消细胞质pH降低的影响。