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viable but nonculturable: a standalone construct

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Microbiology

a dormant state in which bacteria remain alive and metabolically active but cannot grow on standard media.

In microbiology, viable but nonculturable refers to a dormant state in which bacteria remain alive and metabolically active but cannot grow on standard media. This meaning comes from Xu (1982) in Microbial Ecology.[1]

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  1. Xu, H. S., Roberts, N., Singleton, F. L., Attwell, R. W., Grimes, D. J., & Colwell, R. R. (1982). Survival and viability of nonculturableEscherichia coli andVibrio cholerae in the estuarine and marine environment. Microbial Ecology, 8(4), 313-323. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02010671

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