Viable but non-culturable state (VBNC) of Escherichia coli related to EnvZ under the effect of pH, starvation and osmotic stress in sea water

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 307-317

  Darcan, Cihan ^a   Özkanca, Reşit ^b   I̧di̧l, Önder ^c   Flint, Ken P ^d  

^a DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MELIKSAH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c AMASYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EnvZ; Escherichia coli; Porins; Sea water; VBNC

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INCUBATION TIME; MICROCOSM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOTIC STRESS; PH; PLATE COUNT; STARVATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77649218055     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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