Lack of Stage-Specific Proteins in Coccoid Helicobacter pylori Cells

AUTOR(ES)

Bumann, Dirk

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Helicobacter pylori exists in two distinct forms, rod shaped or coccoid, in stomachs of infected patients. Based on in vitro proteome comparisons, there are no detectable coccoid-specific proteins, which argues against the specific adaptation of coccoid Helicobacter to distinct biological functions, such as enhanced persistence or transmission to other hosts.

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