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Persistent presence of outer membrane epitopes during short- and long-term starvation of five Legionella pneumophila strains
BACKGROUND: Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaire’s disease, may enter a viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state triggered by environmental stress conditions. Specific outer-membrane epitopes of L. pneumophila are used in many diagnostic applications and some of them are linked t...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6050704/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30016940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-018-1220-x |