title: Conditioning of the membrane fatty acid profile of Escherichia coli during periodic temperature cycling.
abstract: The membrane fatty acid composition of Escherichia coli becomes conditioned during periodic temperature cycling between 37 and 8 degrees C. After several cycles of temperature change, the bacteria become locked into a low-temperature physiology. Even after a prolonged incubation at high temperature the membrane fatty acid composition of conditioned cells was similar to that of cold-stressed cells.
authors.affiliation: Chair of Microbiology, Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Vecna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ivancic
authors.affiliation: Chair for Microbiology and Biotechnology, Department of Animal Science, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Groblje 3, 1230 Domzale, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Masa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vodovnik
authors.affiliation: Chair for Microbiology and Biotechnology, Department of Animal Science, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Groblje 3, 1230 Domzale, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Romana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marinsek-Logar
authors.affiliation: Chair of Microbiology, Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Vecna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stopar
mesh_terms: D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids