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Akkermansia Muciniphila is Associated with Human Health: What Should we Know?

Advancements of Microbiology
Volume 64 (2025): Issue 3 (September 2025)
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|Sep 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/am-2025-0011 | Journal eISSN: 2545-3149 | Journal ISSN: 0079-4252
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Language: English, Polish
Page range: 141 - 146
Submitted on: Apr 29, 2025
Accepted on: Jul 23, 2025
Published on: Sep 30, 2025
Published by: Polish Society of Microbiologists
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
disease,
microbiota,
probiotics
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Microbiology and virology

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