Table 1.

Resuscitation-promoting ability of VBNC cells in different media.

Sample	Recovered cfu mL−1
Undiluted VBNC	6 × 106
10-fold diluted VBNC in spent ASW media	4.9 × 106
10-fold diluted VBNC in heat treated spent ASW media	No recovery
10-fold diluted VBNC in spent ASW supplemented with Proteinase K	1.58 × 108