Bacteria display an abundance of cellular forms and can change shape during their life
cycle. Many plausible models regarding the functional significance of cell morphology have …

The most fundamental questions such as whether a cell is alive, in the sense of being able
to divide or to form a colony, may sometimes be very hard to answer, since even axenic …

Fungi of the hyphomycete genus Metarhizium have been isolated from infected insects and
soil of all continents except Antarctica, and there have been isolations from near the …

In microbiology the terms 'viability'and 'culturability'are often equated. However, in recent
years the apparently self-contradictory expression 'viable-but-nonculturable'('VBNC') has …

Flow cytometry (FC) is a powerful technique for the rapid analysis of single cells in a mixture,
by means of light-scattering and fluorescence measurements. In biotechnology, the power of …

The viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state is a unique survival strategy of many bacteria in
the environment in response to adverse environmental conditions. VBNC bacteria cannot be …

Renewed interest in the relationships between viability and culturability in bacteria stems
from three sources:(1) the recognition that there are many bacteria in the biosphere that …

Bacterial morphology is extremely diverse. Specific shapes are the consequence of adaptive
pressures optimizing bacterial fitness. Shape affects critical biological functions, including …

The relationship between the detection of mRNA and cellular viability in Escherichia coli
was investigated in cells killed by heat or ethanol. Reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) …

Viability assessment of microorganisms is relevant for a wide variety of applications in
industry, including evaluation of inactivation treatments and quality assessment of starter …