Antagonism by gram-negative bacteria to growth of Yersinia enterocolitica in mixed cultures.

AUTOR(ES)

Schiemann, D A

RESUMO

The inhibition of the growth of Yersinia enterocolitica by other gram-negative bacteria in mixed cultures at 32 degrees C was not the consequence of a depletion in essential nutrients, an unfavorable change in pH or oxygen tension or the production of toxic metabolic products. The inability of Y. enterocolitica to attain its potential maximum population in mixed cultures appeared instead to result from "metabolic crowding," which occurred when the faster-growing antagonistic organism reached stationary-phase density. Lowering the incubation temperature, a technique commonly used in "cold" enrichment for isolation of Y. enterocolitica, tended to equalize growth rates and thereby allowed Y. enterocolitica to achieve a higher population.

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