title: Conversion of viable but nonculturable enteric bacteria  to culturable by co-culture with eukaryotic cells.
abstract: Viable but nonculturable (VBNC) Vibrio cholerae non-O1/non-O139, V. parahaemolyticus, enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli, enterotoxigenic E. coli, enteropathogenic E. coli, Shigella flexneri, and Salmonella enterica were converted to the culturable state by co-culture with selected eukaryotic cells, e.g., HT-29, Caco-2, T84, HeLa, Intestine 407, and CHO cells.
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Research Center of Okayama University for Infectious Diseases in India, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Mitsutoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Senoh
authors.forename: Jayeeta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ghosh-Banerjee
authors.forename: Thandavarayan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ramamurthy
authors.forename: Rita R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Colwell
authors.forename: Shin-Ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyoshi
authors.forename: G Balakrish
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016466:CHO Cells; D018938:Caco-2 Cells; D018920:Coculture Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006224:Cricetinae; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000254:growth & development*; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000382:microbiology*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D050296:Microbial Viability