Nonculturable Microorganisms in the Environment

This Text On Viable But Non-culturable Organisms Provides Information On Topics Including: Morphological Changes; The Role Of Membranes; Genetics And Genetic Regulation; Molecular Methods For Detection; As Well As Survival Dominancy And Related Phenomena. The Main Purpose Of The Text Is To Elucidate The Phenomenon And To Distinguish It From Other Seemingly Related But Different Phenomena Such As Spore Formation, Dormancy, Starvation, And Injury. It Covers A Cross Section Of Morphology, Metabolism, Genetics, Ecology And Epidemiology. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Semantics and Strategies....Pages 1-6 Morphological Changes Leading to the Nonculturable State....Pages 7-18 Size Matters: Dwarf Cells in Soil and Subsurface Terrestrial Environments....Pages 19-46 Membrane Bioenergetics in Reference to Marine Bacterial Culturability....Pages 47-55 Diversity of Uncultured Microorganisms in the Environment....Pages 57-75 Molecular Genetic Methods for Detection and Identification of Viable but Nonculturable Microorganisms....Pages 77-85 Environmental Parameters Associated with the Viable but Nonculturable State....Pages 87-112 Starved and Nonculturable Microorganisms in Biofilms....Pages 113-129 Phenotypic Plasticity in Bacterial Biofilms as It Affects Issues of Viability and Culturability....Pages 131-145 Survival, Dormancy, and Nonculturable Cells in Extreme Deep-Sea Environments....Pages 147-197 Bacterial Viruses and Hosts: Influence of Culturable State....Pages 199-208 The Importance of Viable but Nonculturable Bacteria in Biogeochemistry....Pages 209-227 Viable but Nonculturable Cells in Plant-Associated Bacterial Populations....Pages 229-241 Implications of the Viable but Nonculturable State in Risk Assessment Based on Field Testing of Genetically Engineered Microorganisms....Pages 243-254 Chemical Disinfection and Injury of Bacteria in Water....Pages 255-275 The Public Health Significance of Viable but Nonculturable Bacteria....Pages 277-300 Epidemiological Significance of Viable but Nonculturable Microorganisms....Pages 301-323 Bacterial Death Revisited....Pages 325-342 Back Matter....Pages 343-354