Journal: Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins
Article Title: Significant Reduction in Helicobacter pylori Load in Humans with Non-viable Lactobacillus reuteri DSM17648: A Pilot Study
doi: 10.1007/s12602-014-9181-3
Figure Lengend Snippet: a Microscopic analysis of co-aggregation of Lact. reuteri DSM17648 with H. pylori DSM21031 in artificial stomach juice (pH 4), A H. pylori DSM21031 stained with hexidium iodide. B Lact. reuteri DSM17648 stained with CFDA. C Co-aggregate showing clumping of both strains. Bright field fluorescence microscopy (OLYMPUS BX60 microscope, 100-W mercury lamp U-RFL-T, Olympus, Japan), magnification ×1000. b Co-aggregation of Lact. reuteri DSM17648 with H. pylori DSM21031 is macroscopically visible. A H. pylori DSM21031; B H. pylori DSM21031 and Lact. reuteri DSM17648 co-aggregates; C Lact. reuteri DSM17648
Article Snippet: A H. pylori DSM21031; B H. pylori DSM21031 and Lact. reuteri DSM17648 co-aggregates; C Lact. reuteri DSM17648 For some experiments, cells were stained separately using either hexidium iodide (HI, 10 µg/mL) or carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester (CFDA-SE 1 µg/mL) (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
Techniques: Staining, Fluorescence, Microscopy