Capacity of Helicobacter pylori to generate ionic gradients at low pH is similar to that of bacteria which grow under strongly acidic conditions

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1434-1436

  Matin, A ^a   Zychlinsky, Emilia ^a   Keyhan, Mimi ^a   Sachs, George ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; SALICYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOENERGY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH PH;

EID: 0029916337     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.4.1434-1436.1996     Document Type: Article

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