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Microbiology of Helicobacter pylori

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Gastroduodenal Disease and Helicobacter pylori

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology ((CT MICROBIOLOGY,volume 241))

Abstract

Since the complete genome sequence of Helicobacter pylori (strain 26695) was published (Tomb et al. 1997), an important amount of information concerning the microbiology of this organism must be added to already known features (Fig. 1). In fact, a new era in microbiology has dawned, and microbiologists cannot ignore the numerous data provided by this extraordinary work. This chapter gives an overview of the microbiology of H. pylori and includes new sequence data.

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Marais, A., Monteiro, L., Mégraud, F. (1999). Microbiology of Helicobacter pylori . In: Westblom, T.U., Czinn, S.J., Nedrud, J.G. (eds) Gastroduodenal Disease and Helicobacter pylori . Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol 241. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60013-5_7

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