A recent study shows that pasteurization of Akkermansia muciniphila enhances the bacterium's ability to reduce fat mass and metabolic syndrome in mice with diet-induced obesity, and that Amuc_1100*, a thermostable outer-membrane protein of A. muciniphila, can reproduce these beneficial effects.
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Anhê, F., Marette, A. A microbial protein that alleviates metabolic syndrome. Nat Med 23, 11–12 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.4261
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