Detecting the dormant: A review of recent advances in molecular techniques for assessing the viability of bacterial endospores

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 7963-7975

  Mohapatra, Bidyut R ^a,b   La Duc, Myron T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Clostridium; Paenibacillus; Spore; Viability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; PAENIBACILLUS; PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY; SPACECRAFT COMPONENTS; SPORE; SPORE-FORMING BACTERIA; VIABILITY;

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CLOSTRIDIUM; RADIATION DECONTAMINATION;

CLEAN ROOMS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DIPICOLINIC ACID; FLUORESCENT DYE; NUCLEIC ACID; TERBIUM;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DRUG; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HUMIDITY; SPORE; VIABILITY;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SPACE FLIGHT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; FIRMICUTES; PAENIBACILLUS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84883558630     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5115-3     Document Type: Review

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