Nonculturable enterococcus faecalis cells are metabolically active and capable of resuming active growth

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 333-339

  Del Mar Lleo', Maria ^a   Tafi, Maria Carla ^a   Canepari, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial survival; Enterococcus faecalis; Environmental microbiology; Viable but nonculturable (VNC); Water quality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; LAKE WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUORESCENCE; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031662591     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(98)80041-6     Document Type: Article

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