Helicobacter

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• These curved, microaerophilic, Gram-negative rods were discovered in the stomach of humans in 1987.
• Helicobacter pylori in man.
• In dogs: H. felis, H. bizzozeronii, H. salomonis and H. bilis.
• A bacterial pathogen of the intestines.

Overview

• Related to Campylobacter species and Arcobacter species

Characteristics

• Helical, S-shaped or curved Gram negative rods
• Require enriched media; some grow on Skirrow agar
• Microaerophilic