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      Sequence divergence and conservation in genomes of Helicobacter cetorum strains from a dolphin and a whale.

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          Strains of Helicobacter cetorum have been cultured from several marine mammals and have been found to be closely related in 16 S rDNA sequence to the human gastric pathogen H. pylori, but their genomes were not characterized further.

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          Helicobacter pylori evolution and phenotypic diversification in a changing host.

          Christine Josenhans, Sebastian Suerbaum (2007)
          Helicobacter pylori colonizes the stomachs of more than 50% of the world's population, making it one of the most successful of all human pathogens. One striking characteristic of H. pylori biology is its remarkable allelic diversity and genetic variability. Not only does almost every infected person harbour their own individual H. pylori strain, but strains can undergo genetic alteration in vivo, driven by an elevated mutation rate and frequent intraspecific recombination. This genetic variability, which affects both housekeeping and virulence genes, has long been thought to contribute to host adaptation, and several recently published studies support this concept. We review the available knowledge relating to the genetic variation of H. pylori, with special emphasis on the changes that occur during chronic colonization, and argue that H. pylori uses mutation and recombination processes to adapt to its individual host by modifying molecules that interact with the host. Finally, we put forward the hypothesis that the lack of opportunity for intraspecies recombination as a result of the decreasing prevalence of H. pylori could accelerate its disappearance from Western populations.
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            Partitioning of bacterial communities between seawater and healthy, black band diseased, and dead coral surfaces.

            Bruce Fouke, A Zerkle, George Bonheyo … (2002)
            Distinct partitioning has been observed in the composition and diversity of bacterial communities inhabiting the surface and overlying seawater of three coral species infected with black band disease (BBD) on the southern Caribbean island of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. PCR amplification and sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA genes (rDNA) with universally conserved primers have identified over 524 unique bacterial sequences affiliated with 12 bacterial divisions. The molecular sequences exhibited less than 5% similarity in bacterial community composition between seawater and the healthy, black band diseased, and dead coral surfaces. The BBD bacterial mat rapidly migrates across and kills the coral tissue. Clone libraries constructed from the BBD mat were comprised of eight bacterial divisions and 13% unknowns. Several sequences representing bacteria previously found in other marine and terrestrial organisms (including humans) were isolated from the infected coral surfaces, including Clostridium spp., Arcobacter spp., Campylobacter spp., Cytophaga fermentans, Cytophaga columnaris, and Trichodesmium tenue.
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              Deep-sea vent epsilon-proteobacterial genomes provide insights into emergence of pathogens.

              Satoshi Nakagawa, Yoshihiro Takaki, Shigeru Shimamura … (2007)
              Deep-sea vents are the light-independent, highly productive ecosystems driven primarily by chemolithoautotrophic microorganisms, in particular by epsilon-Proteobacteria phylogenetically related to important pathogens. We analyzed genomes of two deep-sea vent epsilon-Proteobacteria strains, Sulfurovum sp. NBC37-1 and Nitratiruptor sp. SB155-2, which provide insights not only into their unusual niche on the seafloor, but also into the origins of virulence in their pathogenic relatives, Helicobacter and Campylobacter species. The deep-sea vent epsilon-proteobacterial genomes encode for multiple systems for respiration, sensing and responding to environment, and detoxifying heavy metals, reflecting their adaptation to the deep-sea vent environment. Although they are nonpathogenic, both deep-sea vent epsilon-Proteobacteria share many virulence genes with pathogenic epsilon-Proteobacteria, including genes for virulence factor MviN, hemolysin, invasion antigen CiaB, and the N-linked glycosylation gene cluster. In addition, some virulence determinants (such as the H(2)-uptake hydrogenase) and genomic plasticity of the pathogenic descendants appear to have roots in deep-sea vent epsilon-Proteobacteria. These provide ecological advantages for hydrothermal vent epsilon-Proteobacteria who thrive in their deep-sea habitat and are essential for both the efficient colonization and persistent infections of their pathogenic relatives. Our comparative genomic analysis suggests that there are previously unrecognized evolutionary links between important human/animal pathogens and their nonpathogenic, symbiotic, chemolithoautotrophic deep-sea relatives.
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                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
                Title: PloS one
                Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
                ISSN (Electronic): 1932-6203
                ISSN (Print): 1932-6203
                Publication date (Electronic): 2013
                Volume: 8
                Issue: 12
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                [1 ] Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University Medical School, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America.
                [2 ] Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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                Publisher Item ID: PONE-D-13-09160
                DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083177
                PMC ID: 3866246
                PubMed ID: 24358262
                SO-VID: 41faef3a-7667-48d7-be6e-406ec0506ca7
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