Nonculturable Microorganisms in the Environment

1. Semantics and Strategies.- 2. Morphological Changes Leading to the Nonculturable State.- 3. Size Matters: Dwarf Cells in Soil and Subsurface Terrestrial Environments.- 4. Membrane Bioenergetics in Reference to Marine Bacterial Culturability.- 5. Diversity of Uncultured Microorganisms in the Environment.- 6. Molecular Genetic Methods for Detection and Identification of Viable but Nonculturable Microorganisms.- 7. Environmental Parameters Associated with the Viable but Nonculturable State.- 8. Starved and Nonculturable Microorganisms in Biofilms.- 9. Phenotypic Plasticity in Bacterial Biofilms as It Affects Issues of Viability and Culturability.- 10. Survival, Dormancy, and Nonculturable Cells in Extreme Deep-Sea Environments.- 11. Bacterial Viruses and Hosts: Influence of Culturable State.- 12. The Importance of Viable but Nonculturable Bacteria in Biogeochemistry.- 13. Viable but Nonculturable Cells in Plant-Associated Bacterial Populations.- 14. Implications of the Viable but Nonculturable State in Risk Assessment Based on Field Testing of Genetically Engineered Microorganisms.- 15. Chemical Disinfection and Injury of Bacteria in Water.- 16. The Public Health Significance of Viable but Nonculturable Bacteria.- 17. Epidemiological Significance of Viable but Nonculturable Microorganisms.- 18. Bacterial Death Revisited.