Table 1. Sex and age of Siberian hamsters that provided the caecal samples, microbiology culture conditions and sequence analysis.
These same samples were positive in a Helicobacter genus-specific PCR assay but negative for H. hepaticus- and H. bilis-specific PCR assays at an independent diagnostic laboratory. All blood agar cultures were passed through a 0.45 µm filter. F, female; M, male.
| Sex/age (months) | MIT ID | Plate type | Growth | Sequence similarity |
| F/17 | 10-5748 | CVA | + | 97 % Helicobacter ganmani |
| Blood agar | − | |||
| F/17 | 10-5750 | CVA | + | 97 % Helicobacter ganmani |
| Blood agar | − | |||
| M/18 | 10-5749 | CVA | + | 97 % Helicobacter ganmani |
| Blood agar | − | |||
| M/18 | 10-5751 | CVA | + | 97 % Helicobacter ganmani |
| Blood agar | − | |||
| F/19 | 10-5747 | CVA | + | 97 % Helicobacter ganmani |
| Blood agar | − | |||
| F/20 | 10-5752 | CVA | + | 97 % Helicobacter ganmani |
| Blood agar | + | 97 % Helicobacter ganmani | ||
| F/20 | 10-5753 | CVA | + | 97 % Helicobacter ganmani |
| Blood agar | − | |||
| M/20 | 10-5754 | CVA plate | + | 97 % Helicobacter ganmani |
| Blood | + | 99 % Campylobacter MIT 97-5311 |