Nonculturable Microorganisms in the Environment
Contributors: Rita R. Colwell (Editor); D. Jay Grimes (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: ASM Press
Published: May 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781555811969
Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); Microbiology; Molecular Microbiology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Bacteriology; Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology; Life Sciences - Ecology; Cultures and culture media; Microbial Ecology
First sentence: The term "nonculturable" was invoked by Xu et al. in 1982 (47) to describe starved but viable cells in a survival or dormant state of existence, observed to occur after an actively growing culture of Vibrio cholerae O1 or Escherichia coli was placed in a nutrient-free microcosm, e.g., a saline solution free of nutrient and incubated at low temperature.