Escherichia coli in Normal and Traumatized Tissues.
- 1 July 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 122 (3) , 661-665
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-122-31219
Abstract
Summary A known number of E. coli K-12 cells was injected in bruised and normal poultry tissues and examined daily thereafter. Normal tissues completely eliminated 48 × 104E. coli cells within 5 days but were unable to eliminate 12 × 108 cells within 8 days. However, the number of cells recovered decreased with time and very few cells were recovered on the 8th day. Regardless of the number of cells injected, the majority of bruised tissue stimulated and supported E. coli growth for one week. At the end of 18 days post-injection, a small percentage of bruised tissues still harbored the test culture. Although extrastromal hemoglobin stimulated E. coli growth, increasing the severity of the bruise (and therefore the amount of blood in this tissue) did not affect E. coli growth significantly.Keywords
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