Helicobacter pylori: Longer survival in deep ground water and sea water than in a nutrient-rich environment

APMIS

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1285-1291

  Konishi, Kohei ^a   Saito, Nagahito ^a,d   Shoji, Eriko ^a   Takeda, Hiroshi ^a   Kato, Mototsugu ^b   Asaka, Masahiro ^a   Ooi, Hong Kean ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep ground water; Electron microscopy; Helicobacter pylori; Sea water; Viability

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INFECTION RATE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CULTURE MEDIA; FRESH WATER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEAWATER; STOMACH; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 37349075766     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0643.2007.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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