Akkermansia muciniphila: A novel functional microbe with probiotic properties

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 571-584

  Gomez Gallego C ^a   Pohl, S ^b   Salminen, S ^a   De Vos, W M ^c,d   Kneifel, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Food safety; Microbiota; Novel food

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; METFORMIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AKKERMANSIA MUCINIPHILA; ANAEROBE; BACTEROIDETES; COLORECTAL CANCER; FIRMICUTES; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; MICE; PROBIOTICS; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 84988807164     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2016.0009     Document Type: Review

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