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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 141, Issue 1-2, Pages 32-38Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.04.023
Keywords
Biosynthetic requirements; Membrane damage repair; Sublethal injury; Bacterial inactivation; Stress exposure; Food preservation
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- Universidad de Zaragoza [UZ2008-B10-08]
- CICYT [AGL2009-11660]
- Ministerio Espanol de Educacion
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This study shows the behaviour of Listeria monocytogenes under heat and Pulsed Electric Fields (PEF) treatments, as well as the influence of sigB in bacterial resistance and recovery. Absence of the sigB gene resulted in a decreased heat tolerance, showing that as influences L monocytogenes heat survival. Heat treatments at 60 degrees C (40 s) caused sublethal membrane injuries in 99.99% of survivors. The repair of heat damage required energy production and lipid, protein, and RNA synthesis, and it lasted 6 h. Furthermore, deletion of sigB did not affect the heat injuries repair. PEF resistance at pH 4.0 and 7.0 was not influenced by sigB. Sublethal damage after PEF treatments was only detected when PEF-treated cells had previously been heat-shocked (45 degrees C/1 h). The membrane repair only required energy production, and it was independent of sigB. Although both heat and PEF treatments have an effect on cellular membrane, the repair of the sublethal damages suggests different membrane targets, and thus we propose a different mechanism of inactivation by these food preservation technologies. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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