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. 2014 Jun 2;5:258. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00258

Table 1.

The species of human pathogens with a proven VBNC state.

Species VBNC state inducing factor Resuscitation condition Resuscitation window References
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus Starvation Lemke and Leff, 2006
Aeromonas hydrophila Starvation Temperature upshift Rahman et al., 2001; Maalej et al., 2004
Agrobacterium tumefaciens Starvation, chemicals (copper) Byrd et al., 1991; Alexander et al., 1999
Arcobacter butzleri Starvation Rich medium, NOT temperature upshift 270 days Fera et al., 2008
Bacillus cereus Pulsed electric field Rowan, 2004
Burkholderia cepacia Starvation Lemke and Leff, 2006
Burkholderia pseudomallei Low pH, high temperature, osmotic pressure Reviewed by Inglis and Sagripanti, 2006
Campylobacter coli Starvation, low pH, low temperature Embryonated chicken eggs, NOT rich medium Thomas et al., 2002; Chaveerach et al., 2003
Campylobacter jejuni Starvation, low pH, low temperature Rich medium, rich medium with gas mixture, mouse intestine, embryonated chicken eggs 15 days Bovill and Mackey, 1997; Thomas et al., 2002; Chaveerach et al., 2003; Cools et al., 2003; Baffone et al., 2006; Cook and Bolster, 2007
Campylobacter lari Starvation, low temperature Thomas et al., 2002
Citrobacter freundii Starvation, high temperature Rich medium with/ without enterobacterial autoinducer 11 years Reissbrodt et al., 2002; Dhiaf et al., 2008
Cytophaga allerginae Aerosolization Heidelberg et al., 1997
Edwardsiella tarda Starvation, low temperature Rich medium with temperature upshift, embryonated chicken eggs Du et al., 2007
Enterobacter aerogenes Starvation Byrd et al., 1991
Enterobacter agglomerans High temperature Rich medium with enterobacterial autoinducer Reissbrodt et al., 2002
Enterobacter cloacae Oliver, 2010
Enterococcus faecalis (Streptococcus faecalis) Starvation, low temperature Rich medium with temperature upshift, embryonated chick eggs, NOT agar with sodium pyruvate/ beef liver catalase/ superoxide dismutase 60 days Byrd et al., 1991; Lleò et al., 1998, 2001
Enterococcus faecium Starvation, low temperature Rich medium, NOT agar with sodium pyruvate/beef liver catalase/ superoxide dismutase 7 days Lleò et al., 2001
Enterococcus hirae Starvation, low temperature Rich medium, NOT agar with sodium pyruvate/ beef liver catalase/ superoxide dismutase 60 days Lleò et al., 2001
Escherichia coli Starvation, light, oxidative stress, high temperature, chemicals (chlorination) Rich medium with enterobacterial autoinducer, minimal medium with amino acids, supernatant of active growing culture, temperature upshift Gourmelon et al., 1994; Reissbrodt et al., 2002; Oliver et al., 2005; Cook and Bolster, 2007; Asakura et al., 2008
Francisella tularensis Oliver, 2010
Haemophilus influenzae Ehrlich et al., 2002
Helicobacter pylori Starvation NOT heat shock, NOT agar with catalase Adams et al., 2003
Klebsiella aerogenes Oliver, 2010
Klebsiella planticola Aerosolization Heidelberg et al., 1997
Klebsiella pneumoniae Starvation Byrd et al., 1991
Legionella pneumophila Starvation, chemicals (disinfectants NaOCl and NH2Cl), Hartmannella vermiformis supernatant Amoebae Steinert et al., 1997; García et al., 2007; Alleron et al., 2008; Buse et al., 2013
Listeria monocytogenes Starvation, low pH, low temperature, low salinity, chemicals (food preservatives), light, pulsed electric field NOT rich medium with/ without sodium pyvurate Besnard et al., 2002; Rowan, 2004; Cunningham et al., 2009; Lindbäck et al., 2010
Micrococcus luteus Starvation Rich medium, supernatant of active growing culture 6 months Mukamolova et al., 1998b
Micrococcus varians (Kocuria varians) Oliver, 2005
Mycobacterium smegmatis Starvation, oxygen limitation, altered temperature Rich medium, supernatant of active growing culture, Rpf Kuznetsov et al., 2004; Shleeva et al., 2004
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Starvation, oxygen limitation Rich medium with catalase 3.5 months Downing et al., 2005
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Starvation, low temperature, chemicals (copper) Temperature upshift, rich medium with copper chelator Leung et al., 1995; Dwidjosiswojo et al., 2011
Pseudomonas putida Starvation Lemke and Leff, 2006
Salmonella enteritidis Starvation Rich medium <21 days Roszak et al., 1984
Salmonella oranienburg Starvation, salinity Rich medium with Rpfs, supernatant from active growing culture Panutdaporn et al., 2006
Salmonella typhi Starvation Cho and Kim, 1999
Salmonella typhimurium Starvation, low temperature, light, chemical (chlorination) Rich medium with enterobacterial autoinducer, heat shock, NOT agar with catalase/ temperature upshift Caro et al., 1999; Reissbrodt et al., 2002; Gupte et al., 2003; Oliver et al., 2005
Serratia marcescens Aerosolization Heidelberg et al., 1997
Shigella dysenteriae Oliver, 1995
Shigella flexneri Oliver, 1995
Shigella sonnei Oliver, 1995
Staphylococcus aureus Zandri et al., 2012
Staphylococcus epidermidis Zandri et al., 2012
Vibrio alginolyticus Du et al., 2007
Vibrio cholera Starvation, low temperature Human intestine, eukaryotic cell lines, rabbit intestine 110 days Colwell et al., 1985, 1996; Senoh et al., 2010
Vibrio fluvialis Starvation Rich medium 6 years Amel et al., 2008
Vibrio mimicus Oliver, 1995
Vibrio parahaemolyticus Starvation, low temperature, low salinity Temperature upshift 2 weeks Bates and Oliver, 2004; Wong and Wang, 2004; Wong et al., 2004
Vibrio vulnificus (type 1 & 2) Starvation, low temperature Rich medium, temperature upshift, mice, clams 3 days Nilsson et al., 1991; Oliver and Bockian, 1995; Oliver et al., 1995; Biosca et al., 1996; Wong and Liu, 2008
Yersinia pestis Starvation, low temperature Rich medium Pawlowski et al., 2011

The inducing factors, resuscitating factors, as well as the longest resuscitation window reported are shown.