The genome of Akkermansia muciniphila, a dedicated intestinal mucin degrader, and its use in exploring intestinal metagenomes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  van Passel, Mark W J ^a   Kant, Ravi ^b   Zoetendal, Erwin G ^a   Plugge, Caroline M ^a   Derrien, Muriel ^a   Malfatti, Stephanie A ^c,d   Chain, Patrick S G ^c,e   Woyke, Tanja ^c   Palva, Airi ^b   de Vos, Willem M ^a,b   Smidt, Hauke ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HYALURONIDASE; MUCIN; RNA 16S; NUCLEOTIDE;

AKKERMANSIA MUCINIPHILA; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

AKKERMANSIA; AKKERMANSIA MUCINIPHILA; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINES; METAGENOME; MUCINS; NUCLEOTIDES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 79952294582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016876     Document Type: Article

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