A mucin-degrading synthetic microbial community
We constructed a synthetic microbial community consisting of residents of the human gut mucosal layer. It included both mucin degraders and cross-feeding organisms. We grew this community in bioreactors with mucin as the main carbon and energy source. We monitored its growth, composition, metabolite production, protein production and glycan degradation.
We constructed a synthetic microbial community consisting of residents of the human gut mucosal layer. It included both mucin degraders and cross-feeding organisms. We grew this community in bioreactors with mucin as the main carbon and energy source. We monitored its growth, composition, metabolite production, protein production and glycan degradation.
WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY, LABORATORY OF MICROBIOLOGY