Microbe profile: Akkermansia muciniphila: A conserved intestinal symbiont that acts as the gatekeeper of our mucosa

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 646-648

  de Vos, Willem M ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Microbe profile

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; GLYCOPROTEIN; MUCIN; PROPIONIC ACID;

AKKERMANSIA MUCINIPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY; TYPE STRAIN; VERRUCOMICROBIA; FECES; GENETICS; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINES; MUCINS; SYMBIOSIS; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 85020416121     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000444     Document Type: Article

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