Helicobacter pylori is a pathogenic organism
associated with gastric diseases. It is described that H.
pylori can change morphology when exposed to adverse
conditions and H. pylori cells can aggregate in clusters
when in liquid culture. Such phenomenon makes it
difficult to assess growth using the conventional
methods. The development of robust methods to assess
growth in a more reliable way is needed. In the present
work a method that allows efficient cell disaggregation
was developed.Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) PhD Grant (SFRH/BD/47596/2008