AUTHOR=Mahdizade Ari Marzie , Scholz Konstantin Johannes , Cieplik Fabian , Al-Ahmad Ali TITLE=Viable but non-cultivable state in oral microbiota: a critical review of an underexplored microbial survival strategy JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology VOLUME=15 YEAR=2025 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cellular-and-infection-microbiology/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2025.1533768 DOI=10.3389/fcimb.2025.1533768 ISSN=2235-2988