RESEARCH NOTES

Genetic Sequence Deciphered for Ulcer-Causing Bacterium

By Kim A. McDonald

An international team of scientists has determined the entire genetic sequence of the bacterium responsible for peptic ulcers.

In the August 7 issue of Nature, Jean-F. Tomb, of the Institute for Genomic Research in Rockville, Md., and colleagues at the institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, the Johns Hopkins...