The Genome of Akkermansia muciniphila, a Dedicated Intestinal Mucin Degrader, and Its Use in Exploring Intestinal Metagenomes

BACKGROUND: The human gastrointestinal tract contains a complex community of microbes, fulfilling important health-promoting functions. However, this vast complexity of species hampers the assignment of responsible organisms to these functions. Recently, Akkermansia muciniphila, a new species from t...

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Autores principales: van Passel, Mark W. J., Kant, Ravi, Zoetendal, Erwin G., Plugge, Caroline M., Derrien, Muriel, Malfatti, Stephanie A., Chain, Patrick S. G., Woyke, Tanja, Palva, Airi, de Vos, Willem M., Smidt, Hauke
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3048395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21390229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016876

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