Persistent presence of outer membrane epitopes during short- and long-term starvation of five Legionella pneumophila strains

Persistent presence of outer membrane epitopes during short- and long-term starvation of five Legionella pneumophila strains

Abstract Background Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaire’s disease, may enter a viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state triggered by environmental stress conditions. Specific outer-membrane epitopes of L. pneumophila are used in many diagnostic applications and some of them are...

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Main Authors: Barbara Schrammel, Markus Petzold, Sílvia Cervero-Aragó, Regina Sommer, Christian Lück, Alexander Kirschner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Viable but nonculturable
Legionella
Epitope
Outer membrane
Persistence
Immuno-fluorescence
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-018-1220-x

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