Exogenous fatty acids affect membrane properties and cold adaptation of Listeria monocytogenes

Abstract Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne pathogen that can grow at very low temperatures close to the freezing point of food and other matrices. Maintaining cytoplasmic membrane fluidity by changing its lipid composition is indispensable for growth at low temperatures. Its dominant adaptation...

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Main Authors: Alexander Flegler, Janice Iswara, Anna Tatjana Mänz, Frieda Sophia Schocke, Wanda Antonia Faßbender, Georg Hölzl, André Lipski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05548-6