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JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 92, Issue 6, Pages 1097-1104Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2002.01642.x
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Aims: To study the relationship between changes in the composition of the outer membrane proteins and the survival of Salmonella typhimurium LT2 in filtered autoclaved seawater containing Toluidine Blue (TB) dye as a photosensitizer. Methods and Results: In samples exposed to TB and excited by artificial visible light, the total viable (TVC) and respiring cell counts (RCC) showed that, although the TVC declined to an undetectable level in 6.5 h, the RCC showed that some cells were still capable of respiration. The porin protein composition changed gradually with OmpC and OmpF becoming undetectable by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis after 8 h of incubation. Hydrogen peroxide-pretreated cells survived longer compared with the control. Conclusions: Oxidative pretreatment of Salm. typhimurium protects cells from some of the effects of sunlight in the presence of photosensitizers. The changes in porin proteins may play a role in this protection. Significance and Impact of the Study: The study shows that the survival of bacteria under conditions of stress is the result of a linked series of reactions.
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