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Lipopolysaccharide diversity evolving in Helicobacter pylori communities through genetic modifications in fucosyltransferases.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2008
Nilsson Christina, Skoglund Anna, Moran Anthony P, Annuk Heidi, Engstrand Lars, Normark Staffan
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori persistently colonizes the gastric mucosa of half the human population. It is one of the most genetically diverse bacterial organisms and subvariants are continuously emerging within an H. pylori population. In this study we characterized a number of single-colony isolates from H. pylori communities in various environmental settings, namely persistent human gastric infection, in vitro...
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