Stress and how bacteria cope with death and survival

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 263-273

  Aertsen, Abram ^a   Michiels, Chris W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacterial Communication; Bacterial Death; Oxidative Stress; Population Heterogenity; Programmed Cell Death; Viable But Not Culturable

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; TOXIN;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INACTIVATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DEATH; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL INTERACTION; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE INACTIVATION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 9344261804     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408410490884757     Document Type: Review

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