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Growth characteristics and influence of antibiotics on rough/smooth phenotypic variants of Helicobacter pylori.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Jul 1999
Bertram-Drogatz P A, Sobek-Klocke I, Möller C, Wingbermühle D, Beil W, Sewing K F, Manns M P, Wagner S
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori shows a rather high variability of several biochemical markers including lipopolysaccharide structures. This study aimed to determine whether Helicobacter pylori has a potential for phenotypic variability and to describe its effects on bacterial pathogenesis. From colonies of three clinical strains of Helicobacter pylori with rough (R) colony morphology, spontaneous phenotypic variants with...
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