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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2008, p. 1255-1258, Vol. 74, No. 4
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/AEM.01958-07
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center—Shreveport, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, Louisiana 71130-3932
Received 27 August 2007/ Accepted 10 December 2007
Helicobacter pylori bacteria cultured in a chemically defined medium without serum readily adhere to a variety of abiotic surfaces. Growth produces microcolonies that spread to cover the entire surface, along with a planktonic subpopulation. Serum inhibits adherence. Initial attachment is protein mediated, but other molecules are responsible for more permanent attachment.
Published ahead of print on 21 December 2007.
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