Morphological changes and outer membrane protein patterns in Helicobacter pylori during conversion from bacillary to coccoid form

New Microbiologica

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 353-360

  Citterio, B ^a   Casaroli, A ^a   Pierfelici, L ^a   Battistelli, M ^a   Falcieri, E ^a,b   Baffone, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

H. Pylori; Morphology; SDS PAGE protein profile; VBNC state

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; EVOLUTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INCUBATION TIME; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 11844273221     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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