Viability and DNA maintenance in nonculturable spiral Campylobacter jejuni cells after long-term exposure to low temperatures

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4677-4681

  Lázaro, Beatriz ^a   Cárcamo, Jose ^b   Audícana, Ana ^b   Perales, Ildefonso ^b   Fernández Astorga, Aurora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Laboratorio Normativo de Salud Publica   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL RESPIRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; DNA CONTENT; DNA DETERMINATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 0040293499     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.10.4677-4681.1999     Document Type: Article

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