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. 1967 Nov;15(6):1266–1269. doi: 10.1128/am.15.6.1266-1269.1967

Mechanism of Thermal Injury in Staphylococcus aureus

I. Relationship Between Viability and Leakage

M C Allwood 1, A D Russell 1
PMCID: PMC547182  PMID: 16349734

Abstract

The viability of and leakage from suspensions of Staphylococcus aureus stored in the temperature range 3 to 60 C were determined. There was a direct relationship, up to 50 C, between death and leakage, both of which increased with increasing temperature. At temperatures above 50 C, there was a different pattern of response, the total leakage being less at 60 C than at 50 C, although there was greater membrane damage at the higher temperature. Sucrose, 1 m, almost completely prevented leakage at 37 and 50 C but not at 60 C.

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