Resuscitation of Vibrio vulnificus from the viable but nonculturable state

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1002-1005

  Whitesides, Mark D ^a   Oliver, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0031025406     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.3.1002-1005.1997     Document Type: Article

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