Viable-but-Nonculturable <named-content content-type="genus-species">Listeria monocytogenes</named-content> and <named-content content-type="genus-species">Salmonella enterica</named-content> Serovar Thompson Induced by Chlorine Stress Remain Infectious
ABSTRACT The microbiological safety of fresh produce is monitored almost exclusively by culture-based detection methods. However, bacterial food-borne pathogens are known to enter a viable-but-nonculturable (VBNC) state in response to environmental stresses such as chlorine, which is commonly used f...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2018-05-01
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| Series: | mBio |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00540-18 |