Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Physiological and molecular aspects of growth, non-growth, culturability and viability in bacteria; CHAPTER 2 Survival of environmental and host-associated stress; CHAPTER 3 Surviving the immune response: an immunologist's perspective; CHAPTER 4 Quantitative and qualitative changes in bacterial activity controlled by interbacterial signalling; CHAPTER 5 Mechanisms of stationary-phase mutagenesis in bacteria and their relevance to antibiotic resistance; CHAPTER 6 Biofilms, dormancy and resistance.