EFFECT OF SORBED WATER ON THE DEATH RATE OF WASHED SERRATIA MARCESCENS
- 1 January 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 73 (1) , 85-88
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.73.1.85-88.1957
Abstract
This species dies at a maximum rate when in the presence of only a small amount of sorbed water, about 1/8 of the normal intracellular water. The logarithmic death rate is about 4.5 hour-1 at 33% water concentration, but is negligible below 15% and above 70%. Several possible explanations are discussed.Keywords
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- EFFECT OF WATER ON THE DEATH RATE OF SERRATIA MARCESCENSJournal of Bacteriology, 1956