Bridging the gap between viable but non-culturable and antibiotic persistent bacteria.

Abstract excerpt

Microbial dormancy is a widespread phenomenon employed by bacteria to evade environmental threats including antibiotics. This intrinsic mechanism of antibiotic tolerance has drawn special attention to the role of dormancy in human disease, particularly in regards to recurrent infections. Two dormancy states, the viable but non-culturable state and bacterial persistence, both produce antibiotic-tolerant...

Topics

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Bacteria
• Biofilms
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
• Environment
• Microbial Viability
• Phenotype
• Stress, Physiological