VBNC Legionella pneumophila cells are still able to produce virulence proteins

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 6606-6617

  Alleron, Laëtitia ^a   Khemiri, Arbia ^b,c   Koubar, Mohamad ^a   Lacombe, Christian ^a   Coquet, Laurent ^b,c   Cosette, Pascal ^b,c   Jouenne, Thierry ^b,c   Frere, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rouen   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Legionella pneumophila; Monochloramine treatment; Proteomic analysis; VBNC; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; RESUSCITATION;

CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; CULTURABLE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MONOCHLORAMINE; MONOCHLORAMINE TREATMENT; PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS; VIABLE BUT NOT CULTURABLE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ELECTRON TRANSFERRING FLAVOPROTEIN; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; MONOCHLORAMINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN; PROTEOMICS; VIRULENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEOMICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MONOCHLORAMINE TREATMENT; PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS; VBNC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHLORAMINES; ESTERASES; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEOME; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84886100975     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.08.032     Document Type: Article

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