Several studies report the presence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in seawater either free or attached to planktonic organism. After considering the role played by plankton in the food chain of most aquatic ecosystems and the possible role that seafood products can assume in the transmission of H. pylori to humans, the aim of this study was to assess the survival of H. pylori in artificially contaminated Mytilus galloprovincialis (M. galloprovincialis). A traditional culture method and a reverse transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR) assay were employed to detect the mRNA of known virulence factor (VacA) which can be considered use a marker of bacterial viability. The obtained results clearly show that H. pylori is able to survive in artificially contaminated mussels for 6 days (2 days in a cultivable form and 4 days in a non-cultivable form).
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Titolo: | Helicobacter pylori: Survival in cultivable and non-cultivable form in artificially contaminated Mytilus galloprovincialis |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2020 |
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Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11586/245301 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |