Vibrio cholerae Classical Biotype Is Converted to the Viable Non-Culturable State when Cultured with the El Tor Biotype

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pradhan, Subhra ^a   Mallick, Sanjaya K ^b   Chowdhury, Rukhsana ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOTYPE; CELL VIABILITY; COCULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOLYSIS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAYS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84872224246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053504     Document Type: Article

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