The human commensal Bacteroides fragilis binds intestinal mucin

Anaerobe

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 137-141

  Huang, Julie Y ^a,b   Lee, S Melanie ^a   Mazmanian, Sarkis K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Bacteroides fragilis; Gut commensal; Microbiota; Mucin

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; COLON FLORA; COLON MUCOSA; COMMENSAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; COLON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GERM-FREE LIFE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; METAGENOME; MICE; MUCINS; SWINE; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; MUS; SUS;

EID: 80051925894     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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