Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6361759 | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 2010 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
⺠This work deals with a subject of major importance in the much disputed area of the survival of human pathogen in the marine environment and resuscitation from the viable but non-culturable state. ⺠We demonstrate that temperature is an important factor for Staphylococcus aureus to develop a long-term starvation survival or a VBNC state. ⺠On the basis on the mutants used, our research showed for the first time the implication of an endogenous oxidative stress in the loss of culturability at 4 °C. ⺠The role of katA and sodA genes in the protection of cells against reactive oxygen species was also highlighted.
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Authors
Salma Masmoudi, Michel Denis, Sami Maalej,