Colony formation by Helicobacter pylori after long-term incubation under anaerobic conditions

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-111

  Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Osaki, Takako ^a   Takahashi, Motomichi ^a   Taguchi, Haruhiko ^a   Kamiya, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic condition; Coccoid form; Helicobacter pylori; Recovery; Spotting inoculation

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; STOMACH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0032987678     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00180-9     Document Type: Article

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