Walsh S M, Bissonnette G K
Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26506-6057.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1989 May;55(5):1298-300. doi: 10.1128/aem.55.5.1298-1300.1989.
Survival of chlorine-injured and noninjured subpopulations of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli was compared in KH2PO4-buffered water and chlorine-neutralized tap water. Injured cells were no less persistent than noninjured cells and did not exhibit limited survival as a consequence of chlorine injury. At high inoculum densities, some injured cells were able to repair, apparently owing to the accumulation of materials arising from the chlorination procedure.