Out of Africa: Stomach Ulcer Bug Migrated with Humans 60,000 Years Ago

Feb 08, 2007 10:02

Research on the geographically based genetic differences in Helicobacter pylori show that the stomach bacteria is intimately tied to man.By Nikhil Swaminathan ( Read more... )

microbiology, molecular biology, bacteria, genetic diversity, epidemiology, migration

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kawaiililme February 8 2007, 15:12:44 UTC
w00t! I love when physical anthro stuff gets posted on this community! That having been said...

I wonder what other bacteria follow similar patterns?

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sophiedb February 8 2007, 19:30:59 UTC
It'll be interesting to see! There should be a few, which would be great for backing up whatever migration patterns these studies come up with :)

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