Tracking persistence of Helicobacter pylori in potable water biofilms using novel 16S rRNA peptide nucleic acid probes

A two stage chemostat system was used to study the pathogenic bacteria H. pylori association to drinking water biofilms. After allowing one week old biofilms to be grown on stainless steel coupons the system was inoculated with the pathogen that was detected using the recently established technique...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Azevedo, N. F. (author)
Other Authors: Keevil, C. W. (author), Vieira, M. J. (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2003
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/5133
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/5133