The viable-but-nonculturable state induced by abiotic stress in the biocontrol agent Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0 does not promote strain persistence in soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1662-1667

  Mascher, Fabio ^a   Hase, Carsten ^a   Moënne Loccoz, Yvan ^a,b   Défago, Geneviève ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; RIFAMPICIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0034126355     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.4.1662-1667.2000     Document Type: Article

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