Nutrient Shock and Incubation Atmosphere Influence Recovery of Culturable Helicobacter pylori from Water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 490-493

  Azevedo, N F ^a,b   Pacheco, A P ^a   Keevil, C W ^b   Vieira, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CARBON DIOXIDE; MICROORGANISMS;

GAS GENERATION KIT;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AGAR; OXYGEN; PEPTONE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; GASES; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0347760394     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.1.490-493.2004     Document Type: Article

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