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Helicobacter pullorum

Helicobacter pullorum 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 pullorum rather than just read about it. In short: Helicobacter pullorum is a bacterium in the Helicobacteraceae family, Campylobacterales order. It was isolated from the liver, duodenum, and caecum of broiler and layer chickens, and from humans with gastroenteritis.

Key takeaways

Helicobacter pullorum 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 pullorum to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Helicobacter pullorum from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Helicobacter pullorum is a bacterium in the Helicobacteraceae family, Campylobacterales order. It was isolated from the liver, duodenum, and caecum of broiler and layer chickens, and from humans with gastroenteritis. It is a nongastric urease-negative Helicobacter species colonizing the lower bowel.

References

Further reading Ceelen, L.; Decostere, A.; Verschraegen, G.; Ducatelle, R.; Haesebrouck, F. (2005). "Prevalence of Helicobacter pullorum among Patients with Gastrointestinal Disease and Clinically Healthy Persons". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43 (6): 2984–2986. doi:10.1128/JCM.43.6.2984-2986.2005. ISSN 0095-1137. PMC 1151964. PMID 15956438. Manfreda, Gerardo; Parisi, Antonio; Lucchi, Alex; Zanoni, Renato Giulio; De Cesare, Alessandra (January 2011). "Prevalence of Helicobacter pullorum in Conventional, Organic, and Free-Range Broilers and Typing of Isolates". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77 (2): 479–484. doi:10.1128/AEM.01712-10. PMC 3020539. PMID 21097592. Solnick, Jay V. (2003). "Clinical Significance of Helicobacter Species Other than Helicobacter pylori". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 36 (3): 349–354. doi:10.1086/346038. ISSN 1058-4838. PMID 12539077.

External links Broad Institute entry Type strain of Helicobacter pullorum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Helicobacter pullorum

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Helicobacter pullorum 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 pullorum 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 pullorum 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 pullorum

In research: Helicobacter pullorum 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 pullorum 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 pullorum is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Bacteria described in 1994, Campylobacterota, Campylobacterota stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Helicobacter pullorum 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.

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How to study Helicobacter pullorum in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Helicobacter pullorum 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 pullorum out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Helicobacter pullorum in simple terms?

Why does Helicobacter pullorum 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 pullorum?

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 pullorum.