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Electron paramagnetic resonance studies of the membrane fluidity of the foodborne pathogenic psychrotroph Listeria monocytogenes.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 15 Jan 2000
Edgcomb M R, Sirimanne S, Wilkinson B J, Drouin P, Morse R D
Abstract excerpt
Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne psychrotrophic pathogen that grows at refrigeration temperatures. Previous studies of fatty acid profiles of wild-type and cold-sensitive, branched-chain fatty acid deficient mutants of L. monocytogenes suggest that the fatty acid 12-methyltetradecanoic (anteiso-C(15:0)) plays a critical role in low-temperature growth of L. monocytogenes, presumably by maintaining membrane...
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