Coccoid form of Helicobacter pylori as a morphological manifestation of cell adaptation to the environment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3423-3427

  Azevedo, N F ^a,b   Almeida, C ^a   Cerqueira, L ^a   Dias, S ^c   Keevil, C W ^b   Vieira, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE VIANA DO CASTELO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICROBIOLOGY;

COCCOID; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PROTECTION MECHANISM; SHAPE MODIFICATION;

BACTERIA;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; MORPHOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENVIRONMENT; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 34249660577     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00047-07     Document Type: Article

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