The viable-but-nonculturable condition is induced by copper in Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Rhizobium leguminosarum. |
| |
| Authors: | E Alexander D Pham T R Steck |
| |
| Affiliation: | Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, USA. |
| |
| Abstract: | Many bacteria respond to changes in environmental conditions by entering the viable-but-nonculturable state. We have determined that copper can induce nutrient-starved Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Rhizobium leguminosarum cells to become viable but nonculturable. This is the first report of a chemical inducer of this condition. |
| |
| Keywords: | |
|
|
