Capsular Polysaccharide From Bacteroides fragilis Protects Against Ulcerative Colitis in an Undegraded Form

• Main Authors: Lijun Zheng (Author), Meihua Luo (Author), Gaobo Kuang (Author), Yangyang Liu (Author), Debao Liang (Author), Haiqing Huang (Author), Xiaomin Yi (Author), Congfeng Wang (Author), Ye Wang (Author), Qiuling Xie (Author), Fachao Zhi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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The prominent human symbiont Bacteroides fragilis protects animals from intestinal diseases, such as ulcerative colitis, and its capsular polysaccharide plays a key role in reducing inflammation. B. fragilis strain ZY-312 was isolated from the feces of a healthy breast-fed infant, and the zwitterion...