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Helicobacter cholecystus

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Helicobacter cholecystus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Campylobacterota
Class: "Campylobacteria"
Order: Campylobacterales
Family: Helicobacteraceae
Genus: Helicobacter
Species:
H. cholecystus
Binomial name
Helicobacter cholecystus
Franklin et al. 1997

Helicobacter cholecystus is a bacterium first isolated from gallbladders of golden hamster with cholangiofibrosis and centrilobular pancreatitis. It is filamentous, Gram-negative, and motile, with a single polar-sheathed flagellum. It is also microaerophilic.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Franklin CL, Beckwith CS, Livingston RS, Riley LK, Gibson SV, Besch-Williford CL, et al. (1996). "Isolation of a novel Helicobacter species, Helicobacter cholecystus sp. nov., from the gallbladders of Syrian hamsters with cholangiofibrosis and centrilobular pancreatitis". J Clin Microbiol. 34 (12): 2952–8. doi:10.1128/JCM.34.12.2952-2958.1996. PMC 229440. PMID 8940429.

Further reading

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  • Dworkin, Martin, and Stanley Falkow, eds. The Prokaryotes: Vol. 7: Proteobacteria: Delta and Epsilon Subclasses. Deeply Rooting Bacteria. Vol. 7. Springer, 2006.
  • Barrett, Alan DT, and Lawrence R. Stanberry. Vaccines for Biodefense and Emerging and Neglected Diseases. Access Online via Elsevier, 2009.
  • Chan, Voon Loong. "Bacterial genomes and infectious diseases." Pediatric research 54.1 (2003): 1–7.
  • Hau, Jann, and Steven J. Schapiro, eds. Handbook of laboratory animal science: Essential principles and practices. Vol. 1. CRC Press, 2002.
  • Gyles, Carlton L., et al., eds. Pathogenesis of bacterial infections in animals. Wiley. com, 2008.
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