Lotter L P, Leistner L
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1978 Aug;36(2):377-80. doi: 10.1128/aem.36.2.377-380.1978.
The minimal water activity (alphaw) for growth was correlated with enterotoxin A formation by two strains of Staphylococcus aureus in a salt mixture broth. Within 7 days at 30 degrees C both strains grew and formed enterotoxin A minimally between alphaw 0.864 and 0.867, but at 25 degrees C, the minimal alphaw for both activities was increased to between 0.870 and 0.887 after a 2-week incubation.