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. 1997 Jul;179(13):4451–4454. doi: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4451-4454.1997

Differentiation between cold shock proteins and cold acclimation proteins in a mesophilic gram-positive bacterium, Enterococcus faecalis JH2-2.

J M Panoff 1, D Corroler 1, B Thammavongs 1, P Boutibonnes 1
PMCID: PMC179278  PMID: 9209072

Abstract

Transfer of Enterococcus faecalis to a cold temperature (8 degrees C for 4 to 30 h) led to increased expression of 11 cold shock proteins (CSPs). Furthermore, this mesophilic prokaryote synthesized 10 cold acclimation proteins, five of them distinct from CSPs, during continuous growth (4 days) at the same temperature (8 degrees C).

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