TY - JOUR AU - Jalava, Katri AU - On, Stephen L.W. AU - Harrington, Clare S. AU - Andersen, Leif P. AU - Hänninen, Marja-Liisa AU - Vandamme, Peter T1 - A Cultured Strain of "Helicobacter heilmannii," a Human Gastric Pathogen, Identified as H. bizzozeronii: Evidence for Zoonotic Potential of Helicobacter T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2001 VL - 7 IS - 6 SP - 1036 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We compared the characteristics of a cultured human "Helicobacter heilmannii" isolate with those of other helicobacters found in animals. Phenotypic, protein profile, 16S rDNA sequence, and DNA-DNA hybridization analyses identified the human strain as H. bizzozeronii, a species frequently found in dogs. Thus, H. bizzozeronii may have zoonotic potential. KW - helicobacter heilmannii KW - h. bizzozeronii KW - zoonoses KW - Finland DO - 10.3201/eid0706.010622 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/6/01-0622_article ER - End of Reference