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Morphologic, genetic, and biochemical characterization of Helicobacter magdeburgensis, a novel species isolated from the intestine of laboratory mice.
Helicobacter - 1 Oct 2010
Traverso Francisco Rivas, Bohr Ulrich R M, Oyarzabal Omar A, Rohde Manfred, Clarici Alexandra, Wex Thomas, Kuester Doerthe, Malfertheiner Peter, Fox James G, Backert Steffen
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BACKGROUND: The presence of enterohepatic Helicobacter species (EHS) is commonly noted in mouse colonies. These infections often remain unrecognized but can cause severe health complications or more subtle host immune perturbations and therefore can confound the results of animal experiments. The aim of this study was to isolate and characterize a putative novel EHS that has previously been detected by PCR...
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