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Critical role of anteiso-C15:0 fatty acid in the growth of Listeria monocytogenes at low temperatures.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 1997
Annous B A, Becker L A, Bayles D O, Labeda D P, Wilkinson B J
Abstract excerpt
Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne pathogen capable of growth at refrigeration temperatures. Membrane lipid fatty acids are major determinants of a sufficiently fluid membrane state to allow growth at low temperatures. L. monocytogenes was characterized by a fatty acid profile dominated to an unusual extent (> 95%) by branched-chain fatty acids, with the major fatty acids being anteiso-C15:0, anteiso-C17:0,...
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