title: Relationships between heat resistance and phospholipid fatty acid composition of Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
abstract: Vibrio parahaemolyticus was grown in tryptic soy broth (TSB) containing NaCl levels of 0.5, 3.0, and 7.5% (wt/vol). Cultures incubated at 21, 29, and 37 C were harvested in late exponential phases and thermal death times at 47 C (D47 c; time at 47 C required to reduce the viable population by 90%) were determined in phosphate buffer containing 0.5, 3.0, and 7.5% NaCl. At a given NaCl concentration in the growth medium, D47 c values increased with elevated incubation temperatures and with elevated levels of NaCl in the heating menstrua. Differences in thermal resistance of cells cultured at a particular temperature were greater between those grown in TSB containing 0.5 and 3.0% NaCl than between those grown in TSB containing 3.0 and 7.5% NaCl. D47c values ranged from 0.8 min (grown at 21 C in TSB with 0.5% NaCl) to 6.5 min (grown at 37 C in TSB with 7.5%, heated in 7.5% NaCl buffer). Methyl esters of major phospholipid fatty acids extracted from cells were quantitated. The ratio of saturated to unsaturated fatty acids in cells grown at a given NaCl concentration increased with elevated incubation temperature. At a particular growth temperature, however, saturated to unsaturated fatty acids ratios were lowest for cells grown in TSB containing 3.0% NaCl.
mesh_terms: D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000032:analysis; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000032:analysis / Q000254:growth & development*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D008055:Lipids; D010743:Phospholipids; D012965:Sodium Chloride