Study of nonculturable Legionella pneumophila cells during multiple-nutrient starvation

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 149-154

  Yamamoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Hashimoto, Yasuhiro ^a   Ezaki, Takayuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Legionella pneumophila; Nonculturable form; PCR; Starvation survival; Viability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030200830     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-6496(96)00019-0     Document Type: Article

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