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Acetic acid increases the phage-encoded enterotoxin A expression in Staphylococcus aureus.
BMC microbiology - 20 May 2010
Wallin-Carlquist Nina, Cao Rong, Márta Dóra, da Silva Ayla Sant'Ana, Schelin Jenny, Rådström Peter
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BACKGROUND: The effects of acetic acid, a common food preservative, on the bacteriophage-encoded enterotoxin A (SEA) expression and production in Staphylococcus aureus was investigated in pH-controlled batch cultures carried out at pH 7.0, 6.5, 6.0, 5.5, 5.0, and 4.5. Also, genomic analysis of S. aureus strains carrying sea was performed to map differences within the gene and in the temperate phage carrying sea....
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