Matin A, Zychlinsky E, Keyhan M, Sachs G
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, California, 94305.
Infect Immun. 1996 Apr;64(4):1434-6. doi: 10.1128/iai.64.4.1434-1436.1996.
Helicobacter pylori colonized the highly acidic human gastric mucosa. At pH 3.0 to 7.0, this bacterium maintained a nearly neutral internal pH. Its membrane potential changed reciprocally with the pH gradient so that a relatively constant proton motive force was maintained. Possible, the capacity to maintain an appropriate transmembrane ionic gradient at a low pH contributes to the pathogenic propensities of this bacterium.
幽门螺杆菌定殖于高度酸性的人类胃黏膜中。在pH值为3.0至7.0的环境下,这种细菌能维持接近中性的内部pH值。其膜电位随pH梯度呈反向变化,从而维持相对恒定的质子动力势。维持低pH值下适当跨膜离子梯度的能力可能有助于该细菌的致病倾向。