Investigation of the first events leading to loss of culturability during Escherichia coli starvation: Future nonculturable bacteria form a subpopulation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2244-2248

  Cuny, Caroline ^a   Dukan, Laure ^a   Fraysse, Laetitia ^a   Ballesteros, Manuel ^b   Dukan, Sam ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PHOSPHATE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT SHOCK; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHATES; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15244358093     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.7.2244-2248.2005     Document Type: Article

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