Viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state, an underestimated and controversial microbial survival strategy

J Liu, L Yang, BV Kjellerup, Z Xu - Trends in Microbiology, 2023 - cell.com
As a unique microbial response to adverse circumstances, the viable but nonculturable
(VBNC) state is characterized by the loss of culturability of microbial cells on/in nutrient …

Evaluating method and potential risks of chlorine-resistant bacteria (CRB): a review

LW Luo, YH Wu, T Yu, YH Wang, GQ Chen, X Tong… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Chlorine-resistant bacteria (CRB) are commonly defined as bacteria with high resistance to
chlorine disinfection or bacteria which can survive or even regrow in the residual chlorine …

Mechanisms underlying the effect of chlorination and UV disinfection on VBNC state Escherichia coli isolated from hospital wastewater

L Zhu, X Shuai, L Xu, Y Sun, Z Lin, Z Zhou… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The occurrence of viable but non-culturable (VBNC) bacteria in the wastewater system
poses a huge threat to environmental and public health, in particular in hospital wastewater …

Plasma-generated nitric oxide water: A promising strategy to combat bacterial dormancy (VBNC state) in environmental contaminant Micrococcus luteus

SB Borkar, M Negi, A Jaiswal, TR Acharya… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
The viable but non-culturable (VBNC) is an inactive state, and certain bacteria can enter
under adverse conditions. The VBNC state challenges the environment, food safety, and …

Dormancy induced by oxidative damage during disinfection facilitates conjugation of ARGs through enhancing efflux and oxidative stress: A lagging response

C Ye, M Feng, Y Chen, Y Zhang, Q Chen, X Yu - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Disinfection is known to greatly alter bacterial characteristics in water, and high horizontal
gene transfer (HGT) frequency occurs in eutrophic conditions. Interestingly, these two …

Metabolome shifts triggered by chlorine sanitisation induce Escherichia coli on fresh produce into the viable but nonculturable state

Y Wang, Z Chen, F Zhao, H Yang - Food Research International, 2023 - Elsevier
Facing the increasing occurrence of “big six” Escherichia coli outbreaks linked to fresh
produce, chlorine-based sanitisers are widely used for fresh produce decontamination in …

Emerging contaminants in the water environment: Disinfection-induced viable but non-culturable waterborne pathogens

C Ye, C Chen, M Feng, R Ou, X Yu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Disinfection is essential for the control of waterborne pathogens (WPs), especially during the
COVID-19 pandemic. WP can enter the viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state to evade …

Diversity of bet‐hedging strategies in microbial communities—Recent cases and insights

LP Morawska, JA Hernandez‐Valdes… - WIREs Mechanisms …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial communities are continuously exposed to unpredictable changes in their
environment. To thrive in such dynamic habitats, microorganisms have developed the ability …

Uncovering novel disinfection mechanisms of solar light/periodate system: The dominance of singlet oxygen and metabolomic insights

C Ye, K Zhang, X Wu, K Wan, WF Cai, M Feng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Disinfection plays an essential role in waterborne pathogen control and disease prevention,
especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Catalyst-free solar light/periodate (PI) system …

Staphylococcus aureus enters viable-but-nonculturable state in response to chitooligosaccharide stress by altering metabolic pattern and transmembrane transport …

J Li, C Liu, S Wang, X Mao - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2024 - Elsevier
Although chitooligosaccharide (COS) has attracted the attention of some researchers due to
its good solubility and broad-spectrum antibacterial activity, our study found that …