INRAE, Université de Tours, ISP

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Immunology and Infection

Chicken Embryo as an In Vivo Model to Revive Viable but Non-Culturable Pathogens

Filipe Carvalho¹, Iana Hemery¹, Catherine Schouler², Alessandro Pagliuso¹

¹INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, ²INRAE, Université de Tours, ISP

This method showcases the chicken embryo as a simple and cost-effective in vivo model to revive the bacterial pathogen L. monocytogenes from a viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state and with potential further uses in the understanding of bacterial dormancy mechanisms.