Are uncultivated bacteria really uncultivable?

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 356-366

  Puspita, Indun Dewi ^a   Kamagata, Yoichi ^a,b   Tanaka, Michiko ^a   Asano, Kozo ^a   Nakatsu, Cindy H ^a,c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultivation efficiency; Growth promotion factors; Non dividing cells; Yet to be cultivated cells

Indexed keywords

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIUM; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVIEW; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE MEDIA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROTEOBACTERIA; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84871172022     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME12092     Document Type: Review

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