Survival or Revival: Long-Term Preservation Induces a Reversible Viable but Non-Culturable State in Methane-Oxidizing Bacteria

• Sven Hoefman,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

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• Koenraad Van Hoorde,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium, Faculty of Applied Bioscience Engineering, University College Ghent, Gent, Belgium

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• Nico Boon,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

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• Peter Vandamme,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

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• Paul De Vos,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium, BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Gent, Belgium

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• Kim Heylen

  * E-mail: Kim.Heylen@ugent.be

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

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