Methylome evolution suggests lineage-dependent selection in the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori

Abstract The bacterial pathogen Helicobacter pylori, the leading cause of gastric cancer, is genetically highly diverse and harbours a large and variable portfolio of restriction-modification systems. Our understanding of the evolution and function of DNA methylation in bacteria is limited. Here, we...

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Main Authors: Florent Ailloud, Wilhelm Gottschall, Sebastian Suerbaum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05218-x