Helicobacter pylori is the first formally recognized bacterial carcinogen and is one of the
most successful human pathogens, as over half of the world's population is colonized with …

Helicobacter pylori was already present in the stomach of primitive humans as they left
Africa and spread through the world. Today, it still chronically infects more than 50% of the …

Campylobacter jejuni, from the delta-epsilon group of proteobacteria, is a microaerophilic,
Gram-negative, flagellate, spiral bacterium—properties it shares with the related gastric …

Helicobacters other than Helicobacter pylori have been associated with gastritis, gastric
ulcers, and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma in humans. These very …

Since Helicobacter pylori was first cultivated from human gastric biopsy specimens in 1982,
it has become apparent that many related species can often be found colonizing the …

Polar flagella of Vibrio species can rotate at speeds as high as 100,000 rpm and effectively
propel the bacteria in liquid as fast as 60 μm/s. The sodium motive force powers rotation of …

Abstract Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology have witnessed a rapid expansion
during the last few years with the development of numerous new, imaginative and efficient …

The publication of the complete sequence of Helicobacter pylori 26695 in 1997 and more
recently that of strain J99 has provided new insight into the biology of this organism. In this …

Adherence of Helicobacter pylori to inflamed gastric mucosa is dependent on the sialic acid–
binding adhesin (SabA) and cognate sialylated/fucosylated glycans on the host cell surface …

The flagellar system of Helicobacter pylori, which comprises more than 40 mostly
unclustered genes, is essential for colonization of the human stomach mucosa. In order to …