title: [Current concepts of the biology of bacteria in genus Campylobacter and their role in human pathology].
abstract: An analytical review of literature on the problem of biological properties of campylobacteria is presented. Taxonomic characteristics of campylobacteriosis agents are given. Morphological and cultural peculiarities of campylobacteria are considered, their ability to form coccal forms is emphasized. Peculiar attention is paid to serotype and biotype characteristics of bacteria of the Campylobacter genus. It is shown expedient to develop the home schemes of sero- and biotypization. Data on biological properties of "new" agents of human campylobacteriosis (Campylobacter cinaedi, C. hypointestinalis, C. upsaliensis) are generalized for the first time in home literature. A conclusion is made that the study of biological properties of campylobacteria strains circulating in the Ukrainian territory as well as the development of efficient prophylactic and antiepidemic measures on this basis are urgent now.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Kirik
mesh_terms: D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype; D012703:Serotyping; D014774:Virulence
vernacular_title: Sovremennye predstavleniia o biologii bakteriĭ roda Campylobacter i ikh roli v patologii cheloveka.