Survivability and long-term preservation of bacteria in water and in phosphate-buffered saline

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-50

  Liao, Ching Hsing ^a   Shollenberger, L M ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pathogens; Preservation; Saline; Water

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA; SALINE WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGAR MEDIA; BACTERIAL CELLS; LONG-TERM PRESERVATION; PATHOGENICS; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SALINES; PRESERVATION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SALINE; STATIONARY PHASE; STERILE WATER;

PATHOGENS;

PHOSPHATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

BACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGEN; PRESERVATION; STORAGE;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS VIRIDIFLAVA; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYTOPHAGA; CYTOPHAGA JOHNSONAE; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM JOHNSONIAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS VIRIDIFLAVA; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0038480088     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01345.x     Document Type: Article

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