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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2001, p. 5325-5327, Vol. 67, No. 11
0099-2240/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.11.5325-5327.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Concentrations of Copper Thought To Be Toxic to Escherichia coli Can Induce the Viable but Nonculturable Condition

Brian Greydagger and Todd R. Steck*

Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223

Received 11 June 2001/Accepted 9 August 2001

We have determined that concentrations of copper considered to be toxic can induce a fraction of a population of Escherichia coli to enter the viable but nonculturable (VBNC) condition. Copper-induced VBNC cells could be resuscitated for up to 2 weeks after entering the VBNC state.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223. Phone: (704) 687-4393. Fax: (704) 687-3128. E-mail: trsteck{at}emailuncc.edu.

dagger Present address: National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Durham, NC 27711.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2001, p. 5325-5327, Vol. 67, No. 11
0099-2240/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.11.5325-5327.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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