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Abstract
The pathogenicity of nonstressed, heat-stressed, and resuscitated cells of Listeria monocytogenes 1A1 was assayed in immunocompromised mice. Cells were stressed by heating them at 56 degrees C for 20 min and were resuscitated by incubation in tryptic soy broth at 25 degrees C. A dose of 10(2) nonstressed and resuscitated cells per mouse was required for pathogenicity; a dose of 10(4) heat-stressed cells per mouse was considerably less pathogenic. Loss of hemolytic activity accompanied the decreased virulence.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1768107 PMCID: PMC183580 DOI: 10.1128/aem.57.8.2389-2391.1991
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792