science

Helicobacter acinonychis

Helicobacter acinonychis is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Helicobacter acinonychis rather than just read about it. In short: Helicobacter acinonychis is a bacterium in the Helicobacteraceae family, Campylobacterales order. It was first isolated from cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) with gastritis, so has been associated with this disease in this particular species and others of its kind.

Key takeaways

Helicobacter acinonychis belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Helicobacter acinonychis to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Helicobacter acinonychis from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Helicobacter acinonychis is a bacterium in the Helicobacteraceae family, Campylobacterales order. It was first isolated from cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) with gastritis, so has been associated with this disease in this particular species and others of its kind. It is Gram-negative, spiral-shaped, and grows under microaerophilic conditions. The type strain is 90-119 (CCUG 29263, ATCC 51101).

References

Further reading Billy Bourke; Sherman, Philip M. (2006). Bacterial Genomes and Infectious Diseases. Humana P., U.S. ISBN 1-59745-152-5. Terio, K. A.; et al. (2005). "Comparison of Helicobacter spp. in cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) with and without gastritis". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43 (1): 229–234. doi:10.1128/jcm.43.1.229-234.2005. PMC 540127. PMID 15634976. Eaton, K. A.; Radin, M. J.; Kramer, L.; Wack, R.; Sherding, R.; Krakowka, S.; Fox, J. G.; Morgan, D. R. (1993). "Epizootic Gastritis Associated with Gastric Spiral Bacilli in Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)". Veterinary Pathology. 30 (1): 55–63. doi:10.1177/030098589303000107. ISSN 0300-9858. PMID 8442328. S2CID 42405598. Tegtmeyer, N; Rivas Traverso, F; Rohde, M; Oyarzabal, OA; Lehn, N; et al. (2013). "Electron Microscopic, Genetic and Protein Expression Analyses of Helicobacter acinonychis Strains from a Bengal Tiger" (PDF). PLOS ONE. 8 (8) e71220. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...871220T. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0071220. PMC 3733902. PMID 23940723.

External links "Helicobacter acinonychis". The Encyclopedia of Life. LPSN Type strain of Helicobacter acinonychis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Helicobacter acinonychis

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Helicobacter acinonychis claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Helicobacter acinonychis before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Helicobacter acinonychis ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Helicobacter acinonychis

In research: Helicobacter acinonychis appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Helicobacter acinonychis in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Helicobacter acinonychis is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Bacteria described in 1993, Campylobacterota, Campylobacterota stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Helicobacter acinonychis outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

Ask Teacher Smith questions about this articleOpens your AI tutor with a question about “Helicobacter acinonychis” →

Affiliate

Preply — study more efficiently by working with a personal tutor. 50% off.

How to study Helicobacter acinonychis in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Helicobacter acinonychis means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Helicobacter acinonychis out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Helicobacter acinonychis in simple terms?

Why does Helicobacter acinonychis matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Helicobacter acinonychis?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Helicobacter acinonychis.