The Viable-but-Nonculturable Condition Is Induced by Copper in Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Rhizobium leguminosarum

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American Society for Microbiology

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Many bacteria respond to changes in environmental conditions by entering the viable-but-nonculturable state. We have determined that copper can induce nutrient-starved Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Rhizobium leguminosarum cells to become viable but nonculturable. This is the first report of a chemical inducer of this condition.

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