The present work reports the survival capacity of a strain of @entity54892 isolated from a French camembert cheese and the ensuing changes in cell composition. Exponentially growing cells were harvested, washed and resuspended with shaking in pH 8.0 buffer at 21 degrees C in the absence of a @entity505 source. The viability of this strain, assessed with slide cultures, is much less than that of coryneform bacteria isolated from soil samples, even though no cell lysis was detected. Intracellular RNA was rapidly consumed during the first few days although @entity1760 levels remained high. The quantity of DNA initially increased by 17% within 24 h and then remained stable during the 30 days of the experiment. During the same period, absorbance of the medium at 260 nm reached 2 absorbance units. Reserve polysaccharides in this strain are less abundant than in Arthrobacter and were rapidly consumed. Proteolysis was regular and thus maintained a pool of free @entity1522 which was greater than 60% of the initial value. There was a parallel accumulation of @entity3265 in the medium. Catalase activity decreased regularly during the first 80 h whereas the quantity of @entity6883 ( @entity855 ) dropped by 47% in 10 h, stabilizing at less than 10% of its initial value. Cell respiration declined very rapidly and was very low after 24 h.

Survival of XXXX during nutrient starvation and intracellular changes.

@entity1522 :: ('CHEBI:33709', 'Chemical') :: ['amino acids'] @entity3265 :: ('MESH:D000641', 'Chemical') :: ['ammonia'] @entity54892 :: ('1703', 'Species') :: ['Brevibacterium linens'] @entity6883 :: ('CHEBI:15422', 'Chemical') :: ["Adenosine-5'-triphosphate"] @entity505 :: ('MESH:D002244', 'Chemical') :: ['carbon'] @entity855 :: ('MESH:D000255', 'Chemical') :: ['ATP'] @entity1760 :: ('MESH:D008274', 'Chemical') :: ['magnesium']
@entity54892 :: (1703,Species) :: ['Brevibacterium linens']
