The Characterization of Helicobacter pylori DNA Associated with Ancient Human Remains Recovered from a Canadian Glacier

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Swanston, Treena, Haakensen, Monique, Deneer, Harry, Walker, Ernest G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2011
• Subjects: Research Article; Aishihik; British Columbia; Canada; Champagne; Samuel Glacier; Tatshenshini-Alsek Park; First Nations
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040200; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21359221; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016864

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...