Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron removes protective sulfate groups from mucin (IMAGE)

Nagoya University

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron removes protective sulfate groups from mucin

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Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron removes protective sulfate groups from intestinal mucin, enabling the second bacterium to break it down. 

 

 

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Tomonari Hamaguchi, Nagoya University

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