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Staphylococcus aureus 196E, when grown in a glucose (≥0.25% wt./vol.)-containing medium, produced cells that would undergo injury when subjected to sublethal heat conditions (45 min at 50°C); however, if glucose was omitted from the growth medium, the extent of injury was greatly reduced. Media containing glucose sterilized by filtration or by separate autoclaving produced cells equal in injury susceptibility to medium in which glucose was autoclaved as part of the medium components. Injury also occurred when other sugars such as fructose, mannose, maltose, or lactose were substituted for glucose. Sugar-containing media that producedStaphylococcus aureus of maximal susceptibility to heat injury reached a pH of approximately 6 or lower during growth of the cells. Incubation of staphylococci in growth medium acidified with acetic or lactic acids or HCl did not lead to cells that would undergo injury under the stated conditions. The stimulatory effect of glucose on injury appears to be related to the metabolism of the sugar byStaphylococcus aureus.
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Smith, J.L., Bencivengo, M.M. & Kalinowski, S.M. Absence or presence of glucose in growth medium and its effect on heat injury inStaphylococcus aureus . Journal of Industrial Microbiology 1, 75–78 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01569314
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