Coccoid form of Helicobacter pylori as a morphological manifestation of 1 cell adaptation to the environment
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3 Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal 8 9 E-mails: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; 10 [email protected]; [email protected] and [email protected]. 11 12 Abstract After characterization of preferred conditions for Helicobacter pylori survival in the 13 sessile state, it was observed that the bacterium transforms from spiral to coccoid under mild 14 circumstances whereas under extreme ones it is unable to undergo shape modification. This strongly 15 supports the view that transformation into the coccoid form is an active, biologically-led process, 16 switched on by the bacterium as a protection mechanism. 17 18
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Coccoid form of Helicobacter pylori as a morphological manifestation of cell adaptation to the environment.
After characterization of preferred conditions for Helicobacter pylori survival in the sessile state, it was observed that the bacterium transforms from spiral to coccoid under mild circumstances, whereas under extreme ones it is unable to undergo shape modification. This strongly supports the view that transformation into the coccoid form is an active, biologically led process, switched on by ...
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