title: Genomic diversity in Helicobacter and related organisms.
abstract: The human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori possesses an enormous genomic plasticity and diversity that facilitates host adaptation. Despite the ancient association with its human host, this epsilon-proteobacterium can cause gastritis, ulcers and gastric cancer. Here we focus on multiple aspects of the genome level biology, from population genomics to re-evaluating the genus definition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Max-Plank Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Bodo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Linz
authors.forename: Stephan C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Schuster
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D015398:Signal Transduction