The characterization of Helicobacter pylori DNA associated with ancient human remains recovered from a Canadian glacier.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Treena Swanston, Monique Haakensen, Harry Deneer, Ernest G Walker
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Canada; British Columbia; Champagne; Aishihik; Tatshenshini-Alsek Park; Samuel Glacier; First Nations
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016864; https://doaj.org/article/19b84f4ee4504194ba5a74a7b21657f9

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...