TABLE 1.

Growth of subcultures of “G. hominis” in a microaerobic atmosphere compared with growth of H. pylori and H. felis^a

Medium	Growth			Growth after the indicated incubation times
	H. pylori	“G. hominis”	H. felis	H. pylori		“G. hominis”		H. felis
				3 days	7 days	3 days	7 days	3 days	7 days
Chocolate agar at the following temp:
22°C	+++	+++	+++	+	+	+	+	+	+
36°C	+++	+++	+++	+++	+++	+++	+++	+++	+++
41°C	+++	+++	+++	+++	+++	+	+++	0	0
42°C	+++	+++	+++	0	0	0	0	0	0
5% Horse blood agar at the following temp:
36°C	++	+	+++	+	++	+	++	+	+
41°C	++	+	+++	+	++	+	++	(+)	+
10% Horse blood agar	+++	++	+++
Brucella agar + 5% horse blood	+++	+++	+++
Mueller-Hinton agar + 5% horse blood	+++	+++	+++
Brain heart infusion agar	+++	+	+
Brain heart infusion broth	++	0	0
Selective media:
Campylobacter agar (Skirrow)	+++	+	++
Campylobacter agar (Butzler)	0	0	0
Campylobacter agar (Blaser-Wang)	+	0	+
Campylobacter agar (Preston)	+	0	++
Campylobacter agar (Karmali)	0	0	0
Helicobacter agar (Dent)	+++	+	+++
Blood-free agar CCDA	0	0	0

^a0, no growth; (+), very weak growth; +, weak growth; ++, moderate growth; +++, good growth.