Conditioning of the membrane fatty acid profile of Escherichia coli during periodic temperature cycling
Journal article published in 2009 by
Tina Ivancic,
Masa Vodovnik 
,
Romana Marinsek-Logar,
David Stopar
,
Romana Marinsek-Logar,
David Stopar
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Abstract
The membrane fatty acid composition of Escherichia coli becomes conditioned during periodic temperature cycling between 37 and 8 degrees C. After several cycles of temperature change, the bacteria become locked into a low-temperature physiology. Even after a prolonged incubation at high temperature the membrane fatty acid composition of conditioned cells was similar to that of cold-stressed cells.