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Mucin Degrading Bacteria
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These microorganisms have evolved to break down and utilize the mucus layer that lines the intestinal tract
The presence of mucus-degrading bacteria is crucial for maintaining mucosal homeostasis. However, an imbalance in their abundance or activity can lead to potential health issues
Lack of dietary fiber results in erosion of the mucosal layer, suggested to be a result of increased mucus-degrading gut bacteria.
Both chronic and intermittent fiber deficiency promotes enrichment of mucus-degrading bacteria
Desai et al. 2016 Cell 167: …
References (Sources)
- A dietary fiber-deprived gut microbiota degrades the colonic mucus barrier and enhances pathogen susceptibility
- Akkermansia muciniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a human intestinal mucin-degrading bacterium
- Excessive consumption of mucin by over-colonized Akkermansia muciniphila promotes intestinal barrier damage during malignant intestinal environment
- Faecal mucoprotein MUC2 is decreased in multiple sclerosis and is associated with mucin degrading bacteria
- Impaired Mucosal Homeostasis in Short-Term Fiber Deprivation Is Due to Reduced Mucus Production Rather Than Overgrowth of Mucus-Degrading Bacteria
- Isolation and identification of mucin-degrading bacteria originated from human faeces and their pote…
- Mucus-degrading Bacteroides link carbapenems to aggravated graft-versushost disease