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Water is an important source of campylobacters and has been responsible worldwide for many outbreaks of enteritis.18 Campylobacters in water may be sub-lethally injured by low temperature4,19 osmotic stress13, nutrient depletion12 and/or competition from other organisms. It is also alleged that they may enter a physiological state where they are “viable but non-culturable”19 with the potential to infect animals and humans. The main manifestations of sub-lethal injury are an inability to grow at 42°C8, increased sensitivity to antimicrobials9, sensitivity to hydrogen peroxide6 and photochemically induced toxic oxygen radicals.5 These sensitivities mean that sensitive isolation techniques which take injury into account must be used.
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Mason, M.J., Humphrey, T.J., Martin, K.W. (1996). Isolation of Sub-Lethally Injured Campylobacters from Water. In: Newell, D.G., Ketley, J.M., Feldman, R.A. (eds) Campylobacters, Helicobacters, and Related Organisms. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9558-5_25
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