The characterization of Helicobacter pylori DNA associated with ancient human remains recovered from a Canadian glacier.
Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative bacterium that colonizes the stomach of nearly half of the world's population. Genotypic characterization of H. pylori strains involves the analysis of virulence-associated genes, such as vacA, which has multiple alleles. Previous phylogenetic analyses hav...
Published in: | PLoS ONE |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016864 https://doaj.org/article/19b84f4ee4504194ba5a74a7b21657f9 |