Dieter Weichart

TL;DR: Recon 2, a community-driven, consensus 'metabolic reconstruction', is described, which is the most comprehensive representation of human metabolism that is applicable to computational modeling and has improved topological and functional features.

TL;DR: This work describes how it has produced a consensus metabolic network reconstruction for S. cerevisiae, and places special emphasis on referencing molecules to persistent databases or using database-independent forms, such as SMILES or InChI strings, as this permits their chemical structure to be represented unambiguously and in a manner that permits automated reasoning.

TL;DR: It is argued that failure to differentiate clearly between use of the terms ‘viability’ and ‘culturability” in an operational versus a conceptual sense is fuelling the current debate, and an alternative operational terminology is suggested that replaces ‘VBNC’ with expressions that are internally consistent.

TL;DR: Reports which indicate resuscitation in vitro and in vivo, as well as those that show retention of infectivity and pathogenicity in the case of pathogenic organisms are presented.

TL;DR: The identity and function of some members of the carbon starvation stimulon have been elucidated and the diversity of the differentiation-like response to starvation in different bacteria and whether a general starvation induced programme exists are discussed.