Viable but nonculturable state as a general phenomenon of non- sporeforming bacteria, and its modeling

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 112-114

  Yamamoto, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Survival; VBNC; VNC

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPOROGENESIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0033912903     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012149     Document Type: Review

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