The Peopling of the Pacific from a Bacterial Perspective

Yoshan Moodley; Bodo Linz; Yoshio Yamaoka; Helen M. Windsor; Sebastien Breurec; Jeng-Yih Wu; Ayas Maady; Steffie Bernhöft; Jean-Michel Thiberge; Suparat Phuanukoonnon; Gangolf Jobb; Peter Siba; David Y. Graham; Barry J. Marshall; Mark Achtman

doi:10.1126/science.1166083

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The Peopling of the Pacific from a Bacterial Perspective

Yoshan Moodley1,*,†,
Bodo Linz1,*,‡,
Yoshio Yamaoka2,*,
Helen M. Windsor3,
Sebastien Breurec4,5,
Jeng-Yih Wu6,
Ayas Maady7,
Steffie Bernhöft1,
Jean-Michel Thiberge8,
Suparat Phuanukoonnon9,
Gangolf Jobb10,
Peter Siba9,
David Y. Graham2,
Barry J. Marshall3,
Mark Achtman1,11,§

¹ Max-Planck-Institut für Infektionsbiologie, Department of Molecular Biology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
² Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
³ Microbiology and Immunology M502, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Australia 6009.
⁴ Institut Pasteur, BP 220, Dakar, Sénégal.
⁵ Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie, BP61, 98845 Noumea, New Caledonia.
⁶ Department of Gastroenterology, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.
⁷ Department of Endoscopy, Republic Hospital No. 1, Kyzyl City 667003, Republic of Tuva, Russia.
⁸ Institut Pasteur, Genotyping of Pathogens and Public Health, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris, France.
⁹ Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Post Office Box 60, Goroka, EHP, 441 Papua New Guinea.
¹⁰ Fritz-Kortner-Bogen 36, 81739 Munich, Germany.
¹¹ Environmental Research Institute and Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.

↵§ To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: m.achtman{at}ucc.ie

↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.
↵† Present address: Austrian Academy of Sciences, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology, Savoyenstrasse 1A, A-1160, Vienna, Austria.
↵‡ Present address: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.

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Science 23 Jan 2009:
Vol. 323, Issue 5913, pp. 527-530
DOI: 10.1126/science.1166083

Yoshan Moodley

1 Max-Planck-Institut für Infektionsbiologie, Department of Molecular Biology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.

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Bodo Linz

1 Max-Planck-Institut für Infektionsbiologie, Department of Molecular Biology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.

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Yoshio Yamaoka

2 Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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Helen M. Windsor

3 Microbiology and Immunology M502, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Australia 6009.

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Sebastien Breurec

4 Institut Pasteur, BP 220, Dakar, Sénégal.

5 Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie, BP61, 98845 Noumea, New Caledonia.

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Jeng-Yih Wu

6 Department of Gastroenterology, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.

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Ayas Maady

7 Department of Endoscopy, Republic Hospital No. 1, Kyzyl City 667003, Republic of Tuva, Russia.

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Steffie Bernhöft

1 Max-Planck-Institut für Infektionsbiologie, Department of Molecular Biology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.

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Jean-Michel Thiberge

8 Institut Pasteur, Genotyping of Pathogens and Public Health, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris, France.

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Suparat Phuanukoonnon

9 Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Post Office Box 60, Goroka, EHP, 441 Papua New Guinea.

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Gangolf Jobb

10 Fritz-Kortner-Bogen 36, 81739 Munich, Germany.

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Peter Siba

9 Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Post Office Box 60, Goroka, EHP, 441 Papua New Guinea.

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David Y. Graham

2 Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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Barry J. Marshall

3 Microbiology and Immunology M502, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Australia 6009.

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Mark Achtman

1 Max-Planck-Institut für Infektionsbiologie, Department of Molecular Biology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.

11 Environmental Research Institute and Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.

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