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Loving mucus with Akkermansia muciniphila

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Lauren Davey describes the importance of the gut commensal bacteria Akkermansia muciniphila and her work in developing methods to explore its role in gut health.

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Fig. 1: Mucin degradation by A. muciniphila.

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Davey, L. Loving mucus with Akkermansia muciniphila. Nat Microbiol 9, 1634–1635 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-024-01744-4

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