Helicobacter pylori chronic infection selects for effective colonizers of metaplastic glands
V. P. O'Brien, L. K. Jackson, J. Frick, A. E. Rodriguez Martinez, D. S. Jones, C. D. Johnston, N. R. Salama
The paper shows that H. pylori strains from later stages of infection are better at colonizing metaplastic gastric tissue, linked to genetic variation in the sabB gene.
bioRxiv · Jun 13, 2022Microbiology