Browsing Externally hosted open access publications with University of Galway authors (2) by Author "Earley, Helen"
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A preliminary study examining the binding capacity of akkermansia muciniphila and desulfovibrio spp., to colonic mucin in health and ulcerative colitis
Earley, Helen; Lennon, Grainne; Balfe, Aine; Kilcoyne, Michelle; Clyne, Marguerite; Joshi, Lokesh; Carrington, Stephen; Martin, Sean T.; Coffey, J. Calvin; Winter, Desmond C.; O’Connell, P. Ronan (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-10-22)Background Akkermansia muciniphila and Desulfovibrio spp. are commensal microbes colonising the mucus gel layer of the colon. Both species have the capacity to utilise colonic mucin as a substrate. A. muciniphila degrades ...