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Helicobacter
A genus of gram-negative, spiral-shaped bacteria that has been isolated from the intestinal tract of mammals, including humans. It has been associated with PEPTIC ULCER.
(Source: National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification)
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Figure 1. <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> seen on thiazine stain of biopsy of the gastric antrum.
Figure 1. Helicobacter pylori seen on thiazine stain of biopsy of the gastric antrum.
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Figure 1 was contributed by John A. Branda, MD, Department of Pathology and the Microbiology Laboratories at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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  1. National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification

National Library of Medicine MeSH Classification

Bacteria
Gram-Negative Bacteria
Anaplasmataceae
Arcobacter
Bartonellaceae
Brachyspira
Buchnera
Campylobacter
Chlamydiales
Chloroflexus
Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria
Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria
Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods
Gram-Negative Oxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria
Helicobacter
Helicobacter feli
Helicobacter heilmannii
Helicobacter hepaticus
Helicobacter mustelae
Helicobacter pylori
Lawsonia Bacteria
Methylosinus
Oceanospirillaceae
Ornithobacterium
Piscirickettsiaceae
Planctomycetales
Rhodobacter
Rhodomicrobium
Rhodovulum
Rickettsiaceae
Roseobacter
Spirillaceae
Tenericutes
Verrucomicrobia