Alexander E, Pham D, Steck T R
Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, USA.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1999 Aug;65(8):3754-6. doi: 10.1128/AEM.65.8.3754-3756.1999.
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.
许多细菌通过进入活的但不可培养状态来应对环境条件的变化。我们已经确定,铜可以诱导营养饥饿的根癌土壤杆菌和豌豆根瘤菌细胞进入活的但不可培养状态。这是关于这种状态化学诱导剂的首次报道。