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Potassium availability triggers Mycobacterium tuberculosis transition to, and resuscitation from, non-culturable (dormant) states

Dormancy in non-sporulating bacteria is an interesting and underexplored phenomenon with significant medical implications. In particular, latent tuberculosis may result from the maintenance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli in non-replicating states in infected individuals. Uniquely, growth of M...

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Autores principales: Salina, Elena G., Waddell, Simon J., Hoffmann, Nadine, Rosenkrands, Ida, Butcher, Philip D., Kaprelyants, Arseny S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4221891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25320096
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsob.140106