Challenges of unculturable bacteria: environmental perspectives

A Bodor, N Bounedjoum, GE Vincze… - … Science and Bio …, 2020‏ - Springer
Environmental biotechnology offers several promising techniques for the rehabilitation of
polluted environments. The modern industrialized world presents novel challenges to the …

Methods for detection of viable foodborne pathogens: Current state-of-art and future prospects

ACG Foddai, IR Grant - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2020‏ - Springer
The ability to rapidly detect viable pathogens in food is important for public health and food
safety reasons. Culture-based detection methods, the traditional means of demonstrating …

Comprehensive description of blood microbiome from healthy donors assessed by 16 S targeted metagenomic sequencing

S Païssé, C Valle, F Servant, M Courtney… - …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Recent studies have revealed that the blood of healthy humans is not as
sterile as previously supposed. The objective of this study was to provide a comprehensive …

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 …

The potential role of ischaemia–reperfusion injury in chronic, relapsing diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, Long COVID, and ME/CFS: evidence, mechanisms, and …

DB Kell, E Pretorius - Biochemical Journal, 2022‏ - portlandpress.com
Ischaemia–reperfusion (I–R) injury, initiated via bursts of reactive oxygen species produced
during the reoxygenation phase following hypoxia, is well known in a variety of acute …

Enterococci in the environment

MN Byappanahalli, MB Nevers, A Korajkic… - Microbiology and …, 2012‏ - journals.asm.org
Enterococci are common, commensal members of gut communities in mammals and birds,
yet they are also opportunistic pathogens that cause millions of human and animal infections …

The dormant blood microbiome in chronic, inflammatory diseases

M Potgieter, J Bester, DB Kell… - FEMS microbiology …, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
Blood in healthy organisms is seen as a 'sterile'environment: it lacks proliferating microbes.
Dormant or not-immediately-culturable forms are not absent, however, as intracellular …

Flow cytometric bacterial cell counts challenge conventional heterotrophic plate counts for routine microbiological drinking water monitoring

S Van Nevel, S Koetzsch, CR Proctor, MD Besmer… - Water research, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Drinking water utilities and researchers continue to rely on the century-old heterotrophic
plate counts (HPC) method for routine assessment of general microbiological water quality …

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 …

Antibacterial Activity and Mechanism of Action of the Silver Ion in Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli

WK Jung, HC Koo, KW Kim, S Shin… - Applied and …, 2008‏ - journals.asm.org
The antibacterial effect and mechanism of action of a silver ion solution that was electrically
generated were investigated for Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli by analyzing …