Relationship between glass transition temperature, and desiccation and heat tolerance in Salmonella enterica.

Pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella enterica exhibit high desiccation tolerance, enabling long-term survival in low water activity (aw) environments. Although there are many reports on the effects of low aw on bacterial survival, the mechanism by which bacteria acquire desiccation tolerance and r...

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Main Authors: Kyeongmin Lee, Masaki Shoda, Kiyoshi Kawai, Shigenobu Koseki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233638