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Relationship between the Viable but Nonculturable State and Antibiotic Persister Cells.
Journal of bacteriology - 15 Oct 2018
Ayrapetyan Mesrop, Williams Tiffany, Oliver James D
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Bacteria have evolved numerous means of survival in adverse environments with dormancy, as represented by "persistence" and the "viable but nonculturable" (VBNC) state, now recognized to be common modes for such survival. VBNC cells have been defined as cells which, induced by some stress, become nonculturable on media that would normally support their growth but which can be demonstrated by various methods to be...
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