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 state in foodborne pathogens

X Zhao, J Zhong, C Wei, CW Lin, T Ding - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state, a unique state in which a number of bacteria
respond to adverse circumstances, was first discovered in 1982. Unfortunately, it has been …

Recent findings on the viable but nonculturable state in pathogenic bacteria

JD Oliver - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Many bacteria, including a variety of important human pathogens, are known to respond to
various environmental stresses by entry into a novel physiological state, where the cells …

The viable but nonculturable state in bacteria

D Oliver James - Journal of microbiology, 2005 - koreascience.kr
It had long been assumed that a bacterial cell was dead when it was no longer able to grow
on routine culture media. We now know that this assumption is simplistic, and that there are …

Compatible bacterial mixture, tolerant to desiccation, improves maize plant growth

D Molina-Romero, A Baez, V Quintero-Hernández… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) increase plant growth and crop productivity.
The inoculation of plants with a bacterial mixture (consortium) apparently provides greater …

Application of flow cytometry to industrial microbial bioprocesses

M Díaz, M Herrero, LA García, C Quirós - Biochemical engineering journal, 2010 - Elsevier
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 …

Viable but nonculturable bacteria: food safety and public health perspective

M Fakruddin, KSB Mannan… - International Scholarly …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

The viable but non-culturable state and its relevance in food safety

M Ayrapetyan, JD Oliver - Current Opinion in Food Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Stress induces many bacteria to enter a viable but non-culturable (VBNC)
state.•VBNC cells are viable but cannot be cultivated on routine laboratory media.•VBNC …

[HTML][HTML] The microbial content of raw and pasteurized cow milk as determined by molecular approaches

L Quigley, R McCarthy, O O'Sullivan, TP Beresford… - Journal of dairy …, 2013 - Elsevier
The microbial composition of raw and pasteurized milk is assessed on a daily basis.
However, many such tests are culture-dependent, and, thus, bacteria that are present at …

The core and seasonal microbiota of raw bovine milk in tanker trucks and the impact of transfer to a milk processing facility

ME Kable, Y Srisengfa, M Laird, J Zaragoza, J McLeod… - MBio, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Currently, the bacterial composition of raw milk in tanker trucks and the outcomes of transfer
and storage of that milk at commercial processing facilities are not well understood. We set …