Non-Culturable Microorganisms in the Environment
Contributors: Rita R. Colwell (Editor); Darrell J. Grimes (Editor)
Publisher: Chapman & Hall
Published: September 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780412043215
Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology; Microorganisms; Science; Science/Mathematics
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.