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. 1999 Dec;181(24):7626–7628. doi: 10.1128/jb.181.24.7626-7628.1999

TABLE 1.

Effect of resuscitation medium (ESPSN) on the resuscitation of M. tuberculosis cultures of varying ages, determined by FDA-EB staining

Culture age (mo) % of green (live) cells
Direct staining Fresh 7H9 medium (control) ESPSN
8 1.6 9.4 49.8
10 1.8 2.4 49.2
15 0a 0.8 19.4
16 0a 0a 11.2
a

All cells were orange-red.