Helicobacter pylori is an organism that you are already familiar with. It is something that if you know anything about acidity in your stomach, the first two things that come to your mind is NSAIDs and Helicobacter pylori.
It is so important to know about this organism that almost 100% population of developing countries like India is inflected with it (though data corresponds it to 80%).
So, let's today discuss about its some important characteristic features of Helicobacter pylori and easy tricks to memorize it for long time.
Characteristic features of Helicobacter pylori.
1. Helicobacter pylori is a gram negative bacilli
2. It is of Spiral or Helical shaped.
3. Biochemically, it is catalase and oxidase positive.
4. Human is the reservoir of H. pylori.
5. This bacteria