Akkermansia muciniphila | Bacteria
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Taxonomic level
Bacteria
Verrucomicrobiota
Verrucomicrobiae
Verrucomicrobiales
Akkermansiaceae
Akkermansia
Akkermansia muciniphila
A. muciniphila has been described as the "sentinel of the gut" due to its correlation with the inner lining of the gut, the immune system and its ability to supply other microbiota with food. People with Diabetes or Obesity were found to have lowered levels of A. muciniphila.
Assessment
Beneficial
 
70%
of Healthy Europeans have it.
 
24.03%
is the highest relative amount we have seen.
Detected in
7/7
reference groups.
Median amount detected:
Users, high diversity
0.12%
Users, all
0.03%
Overweight
0.02%
Healthy Europeans
0.02%
Obese
0.01%
Users, low diversity
<0.01%
Non-industrial lifestyle
0%
Akkermansia muciniphila is one of 4,565 microbes we look for in our microbiome test. If you would like to find out whether this microbe is present in your own gut, then consider if our test is something for you—it will answer that, and more.
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