Diversification of the vacAs1m1 and vacAs2m2 strains of Helicobacter pylori in Meriones unguiculatus

The bacterium Helicobacter pylori exhibits great genetic diversity, and the pathogenic roles of its virulence factors have been widely studied. However, the evolutionary dynamics of H. pylori strains during stomach colonization are not well characterized. Here, we analyzed the microevolutionary dyna...

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Main Authors: Sandra Mendoza Elizalde, Nancy Karina Arteaga Resendiz, Pedro Valencia Mayoral, Raúl Castro Luna, Sarbelio Moreno, Francisco Arenas-Huertero, Gerardo Zuñiga, Norma Velazquez-Guadarrama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01758/full