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Akkermansia muciniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a human intestinal mucin-degrading bacterium

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Derrien, Muriel, Vaughan, Elaine E., Plugge, Caroline M., de Vos, Willem M.·2004·International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.02873-0
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The diversity of mucin-degrading bacteria in the human intestine was investigated by combining culture and 16S rRNA-dependent approaches. A dominant bacterium, strain Muc T , was isolated by dilution to extinction of faeces in anaerobic medium containing gastric mucin as the sole carbon and nitrogen source. A pure culture was obtained using the anaerobic soft agar technique. Strain Muc T was a Gram-negative, strictly anaerobic, non-motile, non-spore-forming, oval-shaped bacterium that could grow singly and in pairs. When grown on mucin medium, cells produced a capsule and were found to aggregate. Strain Muc T could grow on a limited number of sugars, including N -acetylglucosamine, N -acetylgalactosamine and glucose, but only when a protein source was provided and with a lower growth rate and final density than on mucin. The G+C content of DNA from strain Muc T was 47·6 mol%. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that the isolate was part of the division Verrucomicrobia . The closest described relative of strain Muc T was Verrucomicrobium spinosum (92 % sequence similarity). Remarkably, the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain Muc T showed 99 % similarity to three uncultured colonic bacteria. According to the data obtained in this work, strain Muc T represents a novel bacterium belonging to a new genus in subdivision 1 of the Verrucomicrobia ; the name Akkermansia muciniphila gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed; the type strain is Muc T (=ATCC BAA-835 T =CIP 107961 T ).

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Authors
Derrien, M., Vaughan, E. E., Plugge, C. M., & de Vos, W. M.
Affiliations
  • Wageningen University & Research (NL)
  • Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Hesselink van Suchtelenweg 4, 6703 CT Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Venue
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
Publisher
Microbiology Society
Published
2004-09-01
Volume
54
Issue
5
Pages
1469-1476
ISSN
  • 1466-5026 (ISSN-L)
  • 1466-5034
DOI
10.1099/ijs.0.02873-0
OpenAlex
W2134241692
Cited by
2,094
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37
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2.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (acceptedVersion)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Keywords
Akkermansia muciniphila, novel bacterial genus
MeSH terms
Acetylgalactosamine, Acetylglucosamine, Base Composition, Carbon, Culture Media, DNA, Bacterial, DNA, Ribosomal, Feces, Gastric Mucins, Glucose, Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria, Humans, Intestines, Molecular Sequence Data, Movement, Nitrogen, Phylogeny, RNA, Bacterial, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, Spores, Bacterial, Bacterial Capsules, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Genes, rRNA

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