Akkermansia

Epidemiology

• isolated from fresh water, marine, soil & human feces

Pathology

• increases in intestinal Akkermansia muciniphila have been associated with multiple sclerosis

Genetics

• genus of bacteria
  • Akkermansia muciniphila found in human feces
  • Akkermansia glycaniphila found in feces of reticulated python

Laboratory

• oval-shaped, non-motile, Gram-negative anaerobe
• mucolytic in pure culture (muciniphila = mucin-loving)

More general terms

• Verrucomicrobiota