Heliobacter pylori


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Noun1.Heliobacter pylori - the type species of genus Heliobacter; produces urease and is associated with several gastroduodenal diseases (including gastritis and gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers and other peptic ulcers)
bacteria species - a species of bacteria
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Cranberry, which Alireza rightly calls a "superberry" possesses powerful antibacterial properties thanks to the presence of phytocompounds such as phenolic acids which "prevent bacteria from attaching to the lining of the bladder, urinary tract and stomach walls, lowering and possibly deterring the risk of bladder infection and peptic ulcers caused by Heliobacter pylori." Incidentally, other 'superberries' include the blueberry, blackberry and red raspberry.
They cover the sources, production, and microencapsulation of probiotics; sources and production of prebiotics; the analysis of probiotics and prebiotics; their regulation and guidelines; their role in infant and elderly nutrition, animal nutrition, immune system protection, pediatric diarrheal disorders, gastrointestinal diseases, infections, cancer prevention, allergy and asthma, Crohn's disease, genitourinary health, obesity, energy metabolism, and lipid metabolism; their interactions with minerals; the role of gut microbiota; effects on Heliobacter pylori infection; and genomics.
Andersen LP, Raskov H-H, Elsborg L.Prevalence of antibodies against heat stable antigens from Heliobacter pylori in patients with dyspeptic symptoms and normal persons APMIS 1992; 100: 779-89.
German researchers found that alcohol works as effectively as an antiseptic against Heliobacter Pylori, the bacterium which causes ulcers.
Key frameworks of host-adaptation are illustrated by Heliobacter pylori and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.