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Akkermansia muciniphila in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract: When, Where, and How?

Akkermansia muciniphila is a mucin-degrading bacterium of the phylum Verrucomicrobia. Its abundance in the human intestinal tract is inversely correlated to several disease states. A. muciniphila resides in the mucus layer of the large intestine, where it is involved in maintaining intestinal integr...

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Autores principales: Geerlings, Sharon Y., Kostopoulos, Ioannis, de Vos, Willem M., Belzer, Clara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6163243/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30041463
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms6030075