Usefulness of adult bovine serum for Helicobacter pylori culture media.
Fetal bovine serum (FBS) and adult bovine serum (BS) exhibited bactericidal activity against Helicobacter pylori at various levels, which were higher in BS than in FBS. The bactericidal activity was inactivated by heat treatment at 56 degrees C for 30 min. Our results demonstrated that heat-treated BS is a useful serum source of H. pylori culture medium.
Shibayama
Keigo
K
Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1, Gakuen, Musashimurayama, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan. keigo@nih.go.jp
Nagasawa
Mitsuaki
M
Ando
Takafumi
T
Minami
Masaaki
M
Wachino
Jun-ichi
J
Suzuki
Satowa
S
Arakawa
Yoshichika
Y
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000097:blood*; D003470:Culture Media; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000254:growth & development*; D044967:Serum / Q000502:physiology*
D003470:Culture Media