date:Nov 23, 2022
ers dont reproduce but may still cause disease. When the stressor is removed, the cells metabolism returns to normal.
Another form of dormancy is viable but nonculturable, or VBNC. As their name implies, these cells cannot be cultured on agar medium, preventing commonly used detection methods.
As part of the project, the researchers plan to examine whether cold storage impacts persister and VBNC transition. Theres still so much that we dont understand about the persister state and how that mig