Excessive degradation of the colonic mucin layer by Bacteroides within the human gut microbiota drives inflammatory bowel disease in mice. Bacterial carbohydrate sulfatases are key enzymes in gut colonization, as they are elevated in human inflammatory bowel disease and correlate with disease severi...
ORGANISM(S): Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (strain ATCC 29148 / DSM 2079 / NCTC 10582 / E50 / VPI-5482) Bacteria