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  • The Mucin degrader Akkermansia muciniphila is an abundant resident of the human intestinal tract.

The Mucin degrader Akkermansia muciniphila is an abundant resident of the human intestinal tract.

Applied and environmental microbiology (2007-12-18)
Muriel Derrien, M Carmen Collado, Kaouther Ben-Amor, Seppo Salminen, Willem M de Vos
PMID18083887
ABSTRACT

A 16S rRNA-targeted probe, MUC-1437, was designed and validated in order to determine the presence and numbers of cells of Akkermansia muciniphila, a mucin degrader, in the human intestinal tract. As determined by fluorescent in situ hybridization, A. muciniphila accounted more than 1% of the total fecal cells and was shown to be a common bacterial component of the human intestinal tract.