Transient increases in colony counts observed in declining populations of Campylobacter jejuni held at low temperature

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 267-272

  Ekweozor, Chinyelu C ^a   Nwoguh, Chris E ^a   Barer, Michael R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial physiology; Cold storage; Growth at low temperature; Plating efficiency; Viability; Viable but nonculturable (VBNC)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; COLONY FORMATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CRYOPRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032518967     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00534-X     Document Type: Article

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