Redigerer Campylobacter (avsnitt)

== Genomet ==
[[Genom]]ene til flere typer ''Campylobacter'' har nå blitt sekvensert, noe som gir verdifull innsikt i deres patogene mekanismer.<ref name="Fouts_2005">{{Cite journal| author=Fouts DE ''et al.'' | title=Major structural differences and novel potential virulence mechanisms from the genomes of multiple ''Campylobacter'' species | journal=PLoS Biol | year=2005 | pages=e15 | volume=3 | issue=1 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030015 |pmid= 15660156 | pmc=539331}}</ref> Det første ''Campylobacter''-genomet som ble sekvensert var ''C. jejuni'', i 2000.<ref>{{Cite journal| author=Parkhill ''et al.'' | title=The genome sequence of the food-borne pathogen ''Campylobacter jejuni'' reveals hypervariable sequences. | url=https://archive.org/details/sim_nature-uk_2000-02-10_403_6770/page/n111 | journal=Nature | year=2000 | volume=403 | pages=665&ndash;668 | doi=10.1038/35001088 | pmid=10688204 | last2=Wren | first2=BW | last3=Mungall | first3=K | last4=Ketley | first4=JM | last5=Churcher | first5=C | last6=Basham | first6=D | last7=Chillingworth | first7=T | last8=Davies | first8=RM | last9=Feltwell | first9=T | issue=6770 }}</ref>

''Campylobacter''-arter inneholder to [[flagellin]]-gener i tandem for motilitet (bevegelse), ''flaA og flaB''.  Disse genene kan utføre intergenisk [[rekombinasjon]], noe som ytterligere bidrar til deres virulens.<ref name="Gran_1993t">{{Cite journal|author=Grant C, Konkel M, Cieplak W, Tompkins L |title=Role of flagella in adherence, internalization, and translocation of ''Campylobacter jejuni'' in nonpolarized and polarized epithelial cell cultures |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_infection-and-immunity_1993-05_61_5/page/1764 |journal=Infect Immun |volume=61 |issue=5 |pages=1764–71 |year=1993 |pmid=8478066 |pmc=280763}}</ref>  Ikke-motile mutanter kan ikke [[kolonisere]].