A Preliminary Study Examining the Binding Capacity of Akkermansia muciniphila and Desulfovibrio spp., to Colonic Mucin in Health and Ulcerative Colitis

• Helen Earley ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Helen Earley, Grainne Lennon, Aine Balfe, Michelle Kilcoyne, Marguerite Clyne

  Affiliations School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland, Centre for Colorectal Disease, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland

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• Grainne Lennon ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Helen Earley, Grainne Lennon, Aine Balfe, Michelle Kilcoyne, Marguerite Clyne

  Affiliations School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland, Centre for Colorectal Disease, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland

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• Aine Balfe ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Helen Earley, Grainne Lennon, Aine Balfe, Michelle Kilcoyne, Marguerite Clyne

  Affiliations School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland, Centre for Colorectal Disease, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland

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• Michelle Kilcoyne ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Helen Earley, Grainne Lennon, Aine Balfe, Michelle Kilcoyne, Marguerite Clyne

  Affiliations Glycoscience Group, National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

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• Marguerite Clyne ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Helen Earley, Grainne Lennon, Aine Balfe, Michelle Kilcoyne, Marguerite Clyne

  Affiliation School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

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• Lokesh Joshi ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Glycoscience Group, National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

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• Stephen Carrington ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation College of Life Sciences, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland

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• Sean T. Martin ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centre for Colorectal Disease, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland

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• J. Calvin Coffey ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Graduate Entry Medical School, Limerick, Ireland

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• Desmond C. Winter ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centre for Colorectal Disease, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland

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• P. Ronan O’Connell

  * E-mail: ronan.oconnell@ucd.ie

  Affiliations School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland, Centre for Colorectal Disease, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland

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