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Characterization of an Helicobacter pylori environmental strain.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Sept 2008
Cellini L, Grande R, Di Campli E, Di Bartolomeo S, Di Giulio M, Traini T, Trubiani O
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To investigate the main genotypic virulence markers and the phenotypic features of an environmental Helicobacter pylori strain, named MDC1. METHODS AND RESULTS: The H. pylori MDC1 genotypic status was evaluated by PCR amplification. The mosaicism in vacA alleles was expressed by the s1m1 allelic combination, as found in strains which are strong vacuolating cytotoxin producers; the number of cagA variable...
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