Friend and foe: factors influencing the movement of the bacterium <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> along the parasitism–mutualism continuum

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Understanding the transition of bacterial species from commensal to pathogen, or vice versa, is a key application of evolutionary theory to preventative medicine. This requires working knowledge of the molecular interaction between hosts and bacteria, ecological interactions among microbes, spatial variation in bacterial prevalence or host life history, and evolution in response to these factors. However, there...

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