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Diversification of the AlpB Outer Membrane Protein of Helicobacter pylori Affects Biofilm Formation and Cellular Adhesion.
Journal of bacteriology - 15 Mar 2017
Yonezawa Hideo, Osaki Takako, Fukutomi Toshiyuki, Hanawa Tomoko, Kurata Satoshi, Zaman Cynthia, Hojo Fuhito, Kamiya Shigeru
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori is one of the most common causes of bacterial infection in humans, and it forms biofilms on human gastric mucosal epithelium as well as on in vitro abiotic surfaces. Bacterial biofilm is critical not only for environmental survival but also for successful infection. We previously demonstrated that strain TK1402, which was isolated from a Japanese patient with duodenal and gastric ulcers, has...
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