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Helicobacter baculiformis sp. nov., isolated from feline stomach mucosa.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Feb 2008
Baele M, Decostere A, Vandamme P, Van den Bulck K, Gruntar I, Mehle J, Mast J, Ducatelle R, Haesebrouck F
Abstract excerpt
A Gram-negative, microaerophilic slender rod, measuring approximately 10 mum long and approximately 1 microm wide, isolated from the gastric mucosa of a cat and designated strain M50(T), was subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. Despite its apparent lack of helical coils, the organism showed a corkscrew-like motion by means of multiple sheathed flagella located at both ends of the cell and by a periplasmic...
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