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 …

Chaotropicity: a key factor in product tolerance of biofuel-producing microorganisms

JA Cray, A Stevenson, P Ball, SB Bankar… - Current opinion in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Disruption of cellular macromolecules by alcohols limits biofuel fermentations.•
Lignocellulose hydrolysis also generates chaotropic inhibitors (vanillin, phenolics …

Association between antibiotic resistance and increasing ambient temperature in China: an ecological study with nationwide panel data

W Li, C Liu, HC Ho, L Shi, Y Zeng, X Yang… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Antibiotic resistance leads to longer hospital stays, higher medical costs, and
increased mortality. However, research into the relationship between climate change and …

Stress tolerance and virulence of insect-pathogenic fungi are determined by environmental conditions during conidial formation

DEN Rangel, GUL Braga, ÉKK Fernandes, CA Keyser… - Current genetics, 2015 - Springer
The virulence to insects and tolerance to heat and UV-B radiation of conidia of
entomopathogenic fungi are greatly influenced by physical, chemical, and nutritional …

Evolutionary potential, cross‐stress behavior and the genetic basis of acquired stress resistance in Escherichia coli

M Dragosits, V Mozhayskiy… - Molecular systems …, 2013 - embopress.org
Bacterial populations have a remarkable capacity to cope with extreme environmental
fluctuations in their natural environments. In certain cases, adaptation to one stressful …

Resistance to environmental stresses by Vibrio vulnificus in the viable but nonculturable state

J Nowakowska, JD Oliver - FEMS microbiology ecology, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Vibrio vulnificus is responsible for 95% of all seafood-associated fatalities in the United
States. When water temperatures drop below c. 13° C, the cells enter into the viable but …

Compounding effects of climate warming and antibiotic resistance

A Rodríguez-Verdugo, N Lozano-Huntelman… - IScience, 2020 - cell.com
Bacteria have evolved diverse mechanisms to survive environments with antibiotics.
Temperature is both a key factor that affects the survival of bacteria in the presence of …

Responses of yeast biocontrol agents to environmental stress

Y Sui, M Wisniewski, S Droby, J Liu - Applied and Environmental …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Biological control of postharvest diseases, utilizing wild species and strains of antagonistic
yeast species, is a research topic that has received considerable attention in the literature …

Viable but non-culturable state formation and resuscitation of different antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli induced by UV/chlorine

M Zhang, X Wang, X Deng, S Zheng, W Zhang, JZ He… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The presence of" viable but nonculturable"(VBNC) state and bacterial antibiotic resistance
(BAR) both pose significant threats to the safety of drinking water. However, limited data was …

[HTML][HTML] Controlling Salmonella: strategies for feed, the farm, and the processing plant

T Obe, T Boltz, M Kogut, SC Ricke, LA Brooks… - Poultry Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Controlling Salmonella in poultry is an ongoing food safety measure and while significant
progress has been made, there is a need to continue to evaluate different strategies that …