Akkermansia muciniphila
| Akkermansia muciniphila | |
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| Scanning electron micrograph of Akkermansia muciniphila | |
| Scientific classification | |
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| Class: | Verrucomicrobiae |
| Order: | Verrucomicrobiales |
| Family: | Akkermansiaceae |
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| Species: | A. muciniphila |
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| Akkermansia muciniphila Derrien et al. 2004 | |
Akkermansia muciniphila is a human intestinal symbiont, isolated from human feces. It is a mucin-degrading bacterium belonging to the genus Akkermansia, discovered in 2004 by Muriel Derrien and Willem de Vos at Wageningen University of the Netherlands.: 1474 It belongs to the phylum Verrucomicrobiota and its type strain is MucT (=ATCC BAA-835T =CIP 107961T). It is under preliminary research for its potential beneficial associations with metabolic disorders.