Viable but non-culturable Vibrio cholerae O1 revert to a cultivable state in the human intestine

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-31

  Colwell, R R ^a   Brayton, P ^a,b   Herrington, D ^c,d   Tall, B ^c,e   Huq, A ^a   Levine, M M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholera; Viable but non culturable; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030061238     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00327795     Document Type: Article

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