Are UV-induced nonculturable Escherichia coli K-12 cells alive or dead?

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2689-2695

  Villarino, Andrea ^a   Rager, Marie Noëlle ^c   Grimont, Patrick A D ^a   Bouvet, Odile M M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Metabolism; NMR; Radiation injury; Viability

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CELL VIABILITY; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLUCOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHIONINE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037636191     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03652.x     Document Type: Article

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