Table 1.
H. pylori strains used in these studies
| Strain | Source/salient features* |
|---|---|
| 26695 | England, fully sequenced genome (29) |
| 26695Δcag | Engineered deletion of entire cag PAI (24) |
| 1480-3 | Rhesus monkey (41) |
| 2002 | Louisiana (44) |
| 60190 | England (45) |
| ATCC49503† | England (45) |
| Hp1 | Peru, colonizes mice (46) |
| J166 | Tennessee (25), colonizes rhesus monkeys (48) |
| J170 | Tennessee, colonizes rhesus monkeys transiently (48) |
| J238 | Tennessee, colonizes rhesus monkeys transiently (48) |
| MO19 | Missouri (22) |
| N6 | France (31) |
| NCTC11637† | Australia (47) |
| NCTC11638 | Australia (47) |
| Tx30a | Texas (45) |
| WV99 | West Virginia (22) |
*
Each strain, except MO19, Tx30a, WV99, 2002, and 26695Δcag, contains the cag PAI, based on PCR and DNA hybridization tests, as in ref. 24. The cag PAI in strain Hp1 contains an internal deletion (D. Kersulyte and D.E.B., unpublished work).
†
ATCC, American Type Culture Collection; NCTC, National Collection of Type Cultures. ATCC49503 is also known as 60190; NCTC11637 is also known as ATCC43504.