On the Trail of Mucus-Eaters in the Gut

Always nice to see more research on this topic. Have a read if you wish.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130305131036.htm

Steve

Good find,it is still all about the mucus layer.
They used radio labeled threonine in the testing.
Old Mike

article said...
"We have identified a number of mucus-eating microorganisms and clearly the most important players are Akkermansia muciniphilia and Bacteroides acidifaciens," explains Wagner

Ugh, we have mucous eating bacteria in there...wow, that would be amazing if they identified these as the main bad guys in chomping away at the mucous to cause UC. I suppose it won't be so simple though

I view mucus as a good thing,colon trying to defend itself.
If you dont see a lot of mucus a few reasons,healed dont need much,goblet cells depleted/dead/under nurished,bacteria eating it, bacteria degrading enzymes destroying it.

Did you know with a normal colon and mucus the outside of a stool is sterile,but of course if you break through the thin mucus barrier then full of bacteria. I have lots of stuff posted on mucus.

Old Mike
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23426893

here is a big thread

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=2371345

I am not clear if the organisms are good or bad. When they say,

"scientists are very interested to know which bacteria inhabit the mucus layer in healthy organisms and thus may suppress the colonization and degradation of this barrier by pathogens",

I take that to mean these organisms (swimming in and eating the mucus) might help protect the penetration of the mucosa by bad bacteria.

I would be very interested to know if the species they found are depleted or overgrown in UC patients.

Great article. Yes it seems the mucosal bacteria are guarding against the proliferation of bad bacteria. This is very interesting.

Yes, DBwithUC I am extremely interested in the bacteria related to UC. That is why I joined uBiome, just waiting for my test kit.

That being said, the mucosal bacteria are are not always found in stool, but it should still shed some light on the subject.