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Infection and Immunity, February 2001, p. 1178-1180, Vol. 69, No. 2
0019-9567/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.2.1178-1181.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Prolonged Survival and Cytoplasmic pH Homeostasis of Helicobacter pylori at pH 1

Kerstin Stingl,* Eva-Maria Uhlemann, Gabriele Deckers-Hebestreit, Roland Schmid, Evert P. Bakker, and Karlheinz Altendorf

Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Universität Osnabrück, D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany

Received 31 August 2000/Returned for modification 10 October 2000/Accepted 7 November 2000

In the presence of urea, Helicobacter pylori survived for at least 3 h at pH 1. Under these conditions, the cells maintained their cytoplasmic pH at 5.8. De novo protein synthesis during acid shock was not essential for survival of H. pylori at pH 1.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Universität Osnabrück, D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany. Phone: 49 541 969 2867. Fax: 49 541 969 2870. E-mail: stingl{at}biologie.uni-osnabrueck.de.

Infection and Immunity, February 2001, p. 1178-1180, Vol. 69, No. 2
0019-9567/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.2.1178-1181.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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