title: Usefulness of adult bovine serum for Helicobacter pylori culture media.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Keigo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibayama
authors.forename: Mitsuaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagasawa
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: Jun-ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wachino
authors.forename: Satowa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Yoshichika
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arakawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000097:blood*; D003470:Culture Media; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000254:growth & development*; D044967:Serum / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media