The application belongs to the technical field of microorganisms, and discloses a method for inducing formation of living unculturable state
bacteria in the presence of host cells and application thereof. The method is as follows: cells in the 3th to 20th generation are transferred to a well plate to obtain induced cells;
bacteria in the
logarithmic growth phase are washed by a buffer, and modified
cell culture solution is resuspended to obtain a bacterial suspension. The bacterial suspension is added to the induced cells, and after incubation in a constant-temperature
incubator for 1-5 hours, 10-500 mg / L
gentamicin-containing modified
cell culture solution is added. After
cell treatment for 3-10 days,
intracellular bacteria are collected by adding cell
lysis solution, and then washed, centrifuged and resuspended to obtain living unculturable state bacteria. The application can induce bacteria to enter the living unculturable state in the presence of host cells, which not only expands the understanding of living unculturable state bacteria, but also provides theoretical and
technical support for recurrent and chronic infectious diseases in clinical practice.