A mixed culture recovery method indicates that enteric bacteria do not enter the viable but nonculturable state

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1736-1742

  Bogosian, Gregg ^a,b   Morris, Patricia J L ^a   O'Neil, Julia P ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b Monsanto BB3M ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENTERIC BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; SALMONELLA; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031831197     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1736-1742.1998     Document Type: Article

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