2009
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-009-9159-x
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The viable but nonculturable phenotype: a crossroads in the life-cycle of non-differentiating bacteria?

Abstract: In nature, prokaryotes must face alternating periods of prosperity and adversity. Differentiating bacteria confront situations of adversity by developing resistant structures. When there is a plentiful period, they adopt a vegetative state and when the period is adverse, a resistant structure, thereby completing a cycle. Non-differentiating bacteria do not develop such morphological distinct resistant structures. It has been proposed that many of these bacteria withstand periods of adversity by adopting the vi… Show more

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“…To cope with these diverse stress conditions, many marine bacteria evolved adaptation mechanisms adjusting their physiology and morphology to changing environments [1,2]. A characteristic response to some adverse conditions (e.g., low temperature and limitation of nutrients) is acquisition of the viable but nonculturable (VBNC) phenotype [3][4][5]. This phenotype corresponds to the physiological state of cells that become nonculturable on standard media normally used to grow them under laboratory conditions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To cope with these diverse stress conditions, many marine bacteria evolved adaptation mechanisms adjusting their physiology and morphology to changing environments [1,2]. A characteristic response to some adverse conditions (e.g., low temperature and limitation of nutrients) is acquisition of the viable but nonculturable (VBNC) phenotype [3][4][5]. This phenotype corresponds to the physiological state of cells that become nonculturable on standard media normally used to grow them under laboratory conditions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The basis for a viable, but non-culturable hypothesis involves demonstration of the recovery of culturability in non-culturable cells. This "resuscitation" has been the subject of heated debate (Barcina and Arana, 2009;Kell et al, 1998;Nyström, 2001), but recovery of cell division in the non-culturable population has been unambiguously described for numerous bacterial species (Du et al, 2007;Lleò et al, 2001;Mizunoe et al, 1999Mizunoe et al, , 2000Serpaggi et al, 2012;Zhong et al, 2009). …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…V. cholerae may enter a viable but nonculturable state (VBNC) of survival. In the VBNC state, V. cholerae maintains metabolic activity but cannot be grown on solid media (37,38).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%