In this study, we created a synthetic mucin-degrading microbial community to specifically study mucin-driven ecological interactions in vitro. The synthetic community consisted of primary mucin degraders and cross-feeders. We tracked community composition and dynamics and the mucin-degrading enzymes...
ORGANISM(S): Desulfovibrio piger ATCC 29098 Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (strain ATCC 29148 / DSM 2079 / NCTC 10582 / E50 / VPI-5482) Anaerostipes caccae DSM 14662 Faecalibacterium prausnitzii A2-165 Roseburia intestinalis L1-82 Methanobrevibacter smithii DSM 11975 Phocaeicola vulgatus ATCC 8482 Ruminococcus gnavus ATCC 29149 Anaerobutyricum hallii DSM 3353 Blautia hydrogenotrophica DSM 10507 Akkermansia muciniphila ATCC BAA-835 Bacteroides caccae ATCC 43185 Agathobacter rectalis ATCC 33656 Bacteroides fragilis (strain ATCC 25285 / NCTC 9343) [Ruminococcus] torques ATCC 27756