Bacteroides fragilis
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Physiology
- normal colonic flora (see Bacteroides)
- a symbiont in human intestinal flora
Laboratory
Comparative biology
- introducing B fragilis into the gut at the same time as an inflammatory-bowel disease causing agent prevented the inflammatory-bowel disease in mice
- polysaccharide A apparently confers this benefit[2]
More general terms
References
- ↑ Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 502, 578
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mazmanian SK et al, A microbial symbiosis factor prevents intestinal inflammatory disease. Nature 2008, 453:620 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18509436
Kullberg MC Soothing intestinal sugars. Nature 2008, 453:602 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18509431