Matsumoto Y, Yamada M, Fujii Y, Kawai T, Nishizato Y, Uchida Y, Hamashima H, Sasatsu M, Arai T
Department of Microbiology, Showa College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
Microbios. 1996;85(344):145-9.
The enzyme biotype of 86.5% of strains of Helicobacter pylori isolated in Japan could not be determined by the method used for the identification of the biotypes defined by Reina and Alomar (1989). A modified system for naming of biotypes is proposed.