How dead is dead? Viable but non-culturable versus persister cells

Environ Microbiol Rep. 2021 Jun;13(3):243-245. doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.12949. Epub 2021 Apr 26.

Alexander K T Kirschner^{1

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3}, Julia Vierheilig^{2

3}, Hans-Curt Flemming^{4

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6}, Jost Wingender⁵, Andreas H Farnleitner^{2

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7}

¹ Medical University Vienna, Institute for Hygiene and Applied Immunology - Water Microbiology, Vienna, A-1090, Austria.
² Karl Landsteiner University for Health Sciences, Research Division Water Quality and Health, Krems, A-3500, Austria.
³ Interuniversity Cooperation Centre Water and Health, www.waterandhealth.at, Austria.
⁴ Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Nanyang Technological University, 637551, Singapore.
⁵ University of Duisburg-Essen, Biofilm Centre, Universitätsstrasse 5, Essen, 45131, Germany.
⁶ Water Academy, Friedrichshafen, 88045, Germany.
⁷ Technische Universität Wien, Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Vienna, A-1060, Austria.

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