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Perspectives on Methodology for In Vitro Culture of Helicobacter pylori

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Helicobacter Species

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 921))

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Over the past 25 years, a variety of methods have been developed for culture of Helicobacter pylori in vitro. H. pylori is a capnophilic and microaerophilic organism that is typically cultured using complex culture media. Analysis of H. pylori growth in chemically defined media has provided insight into the nutritional requirements, physiology, and metabolic capacities of this organism.

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Supported by National Institutes of Health (R01 AI039657, R01 AI068009, P01 CA116087) and Department of Veterans Affairs.

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  1. Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA

    Timothy L. Cover

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Cover, T.L. (2012). Perspectives on Methodology for In Vitro Culture of Helicobacter pylori . In: Houghton, J. (eds) Helicobacter Species. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 921. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-005-2_3

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