Impact of Respiration on Resistance of Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 to Acid Stress
- 2012-06
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78(11)
- Masayuki Watanabe
- S. van der Veen
- T. Abee
- PubMed: 22447603
- DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00287-12
Study Design
- Population
- Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1
- Methods
- Controlled experimental study
Abstract
This study shows that growth under respiration conditions has a negative impact on the survival of stationary-phase cultures of Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 at low pHs and that viability loss at critical values is associated with the formation of radicals and loss of membrane integrity.