The relationship between Helicobacter pylori motility, morphology and phase of growth: Implications for gastric colonization and pathology

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2803-2811

  Worku, Mulugeta L ^a   Sidebotham, Ramon L ^a   Walker, Marjorie M ^a   Keshavarz, Tajali ^b   Karim, Q Najma ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial morphology; Bacterial motility; Growth phase; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPEPSIA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH BIOPSY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0032849071     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-10-2803     Document Type: Article

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