Entry of Yersinia pestis into the viable but nonculturable state in a low-temperature tap water microcosm

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Pawlowski, David R ^a,c   Metzger, Daniel J ^c   Raslawsky, Amy ^a   Howlett, Amy ^a   Siebert, Gretchen ^a   Karalus, Richard J ^a,c   Garrett, Stephanie ^b,d   Whitehouse, Chris A ^b  

^a CUBRC   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GENOMIC DNA; TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; YERSINIA PESTIS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL COUNT; COLD; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RODENTIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

AUTORADIOGRAPHY; COLD TEMPERATURE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 79952769080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017585     Document Type: Article

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