Growth of Helicobacter pylori in medium supplemented with cyanobacterial extract.

Solid and liquid media supplemented only with a cyanobacterial extract (CE) and free of fetal calf serum (FCS), blood, and its derivatives support the growth of Helicobacter pylori. A total of 11 strains of H. pylori isolated from gastric biopsy samples were successfully subcultured in Mueller-Hinton agar supplemented with 0.