- Usefulness of adult bovine serum for Helicobacter pylori culture media.
Usefulness of adult bovine serum for Helicobacter pylori culture media.
Journal of clinical microbiology (2006-09-08)
Keigo Shibayama, Mitsuaki Nagasawa, Takafumi Ando, Masaaki Minami, Jun-ichi Wachino, Satowa Suzuki, Yoshichika Arakawa
PMID16957036
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.