Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18156334›Full record

ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2008

Adherence of Helicobacter pylori to abiotic surfaces is influenced by serum.

John C Williams, Karla A McInnis, Traci L Testerman

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Nanomaterials: A Prospective Strategy for Biofilm-FormingInternational journal of nanomedicine · 2025
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  2. Biofilm ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  6. Helicobacter pylori Biofilm Formation and Its Potential Role in Pathogenesis.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2018
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  10. Helicobacter pylori: a chameleon-like approach to life.World journal of gastroenterology · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

John C WilliamsLSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 1501 Kings Hwy., Shreveport, LA 71130-3932, USA.
Karla A McInnis
Traci L Testerman

Funding

Serum Proteins Influencing Helicobacter pylori GrowthK22AI063307 · NIAID · LOUISIANA STATE UNIV HSC SHREVEPORT · PI TESTERMAN, TRACI L · 2006 to 2007
$266k
Helicobacter Pylori--Nutrition, Serum and CulturabilityF32DK059709 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI TESTERMAN, TRACI L · 2001 to 2003
$127k
NIAID NIH HHS AI-063307NIAID NIH HHS K22 AI063307NIDDK NIH HHS DK-59709NIDDK NIH HHS F32 DK059709
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori bacteria cultured in a chemically defined medium without serum readily adhere to a variety of abiotic surfaces. Growth produces microcolonies that spread to cover the entire surface, along with a planktonic subpopulation. Serum inhibits adherence. Initial attachment is protein mediated, but other molecules are responsible for more permanent attachment.

Indexed as

BiofilmsBacterial AdhesionCulture MediaHelicobacter pyloriMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningSerumTrypsinCulture MediaTrypsin

Identifiers

PMID18156334
PMCPMC2258569

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