Environmental factors drive bacterial degradation of gastrointestinal mucus
Sandra L. Arias, Ellen Willemina van Wijngaarden, Diana Balint, Joshua P. Jones, Carl C. Crawford, Parul J. Shukla, Meredith Natania Silberstein, Ilana Brito
This study shows that environmental factors, not glycan utilization, drive bacterial degradation of gastrointestinal mucus, with protease activity and nutrient/oxygen conditions playing key roles.
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes · Jul 16, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology