Induction, detection, formation, and resuscitation of viable but non‐culturable state microorganisms

K Dong, H Pan, D Yang, L Rao, L Zhao… - … Reviews in Food …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state has been recognized as a strategy for bacteria to
cope with stressful environments; in this state, bacteria fail to grow on routine culture …

The importance of the viable but non-culturable state in human bacterial pathogens

L Li, N Mendis, H Trigui, JD Oliver… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Many bacterial species have been found to exist in a viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state
since its discovery in 1982. VBNC cells are characterized by a loss of culturability on routine …

Current perspectives on viable but non-culturable (VBNC) pathogenic bacteria

T Ramamurthy, A Ghosh, GP Pazhani… - Frontiers in public …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Under stress conditions, many species of bacteria enter into starvation mode of metabolism
or a physiologically viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state. Several human pathogenic …

Extreme slow growth as alternative strategy to survive deep starvation in bacteria

DA Gray, G Dugar, P Gamba, H Strahl… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Bacteria can become dormant or form spores when they are starved for nutrients. Here, we
find that non-sporulating Bacillus subtilis cells can survive deep starvation conditions for …

Thirty years of viable but nonculturable state research: unsolved molecular mechanisms

D Pinto, MA Santos, L Chambel - Critical reviews in microbiology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Viable but nonculturable (VBNC) cells were recognized 30 years ago; and despite decades
of research on the topic, most results are disperse and apparently incongruous. Since its …

Abundance and distribution of enteric bacteria and viruses in coastal and estuarine sediments—A review

F Hassard, CL Gwyther, K Farkas, A Andrews… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The long term survival of fecal indicator organisms (FIOs) and human pathogenic
microorganisms in sediments is important from a water quality, human health and ecological …

Microbial response to some nonthermal physical technologies

D Wu, F Forghani, EBM Daliri, J Li, X Liao, D Liu… - Trends in Food Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background In response to the worldwide interest in safe, nutritious and minimally
processed food products, innovative nonthermal processing for microbial inactivation has …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial dormancy: A subpopulation of viable but non-culturable cells demonstrates better fitness for revival

S Wagley, H Morcrette, A Kovacs-Simon… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The viable but non culturable (VBNC) state is a condition in which bacterial cells are viable
and metabolically active, but resistant to cultivation using a routine growth medium. We …

Significance of viable but nonculturable Escherichia coli: induction, detection, and control

T Ding, Y Suo, Q Xiang, X Zhao, S Chen… - … of Microbiology and …, 2017 - koreascience.kr
Diseases caused by foodborne or waterborne pathogens are emerging. Many pathogens
can enter into the viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state, which is a survival strategy when …

Stress-induced adaptive morphogenesis in bacteria

E Ultee, K Ramijan, RT Dame, A Briegel… - Advances in microbial …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bacteria thrive in virtually all environments. Like all other living organisms, bacteria may
encounter various types of stresses, to which cells need to adapt. In this chapter, we …