Plate · Verrucomicrobiota

genus · NCBI 239934

Akkermansia

Species2

Products12 across its species

Samples22,672

The genus

Species in this genus

Include unnamed strains (2)

Species	Healthy guts ↓ 0–100%	Products
Akkermansia muciniphila	43%	12
Akkermansia glycaniphila	<1%	0
Across the genus	48%	12

* Counted in the same healthy people as the species (whole-genome samples). All bars use the same 0–100% scale. A product with two Akkermansia species counts once in the genus total.

What they are

Its species' DNA

A C G T

Genome sizes · 2 Akkermansia species

Shortest we have Mycoplasmoides genitalium 0.6M

⋮ 987 shorter than any Akkermansia

Akkermansia muciniphila 2.9M

Akkermansia glycaniphila 3.1M

⋮ 1,237 longer than any Akkermansia

Longest we have Bradyrhizobium altum 9.8M

Akkermansia genomes run from 2.9M to 3.1M: mid-sized for gut microbes.

One reference genome per species; strains vary.

Their ID genes, lined up: shared stretches form solid stripes

16S gene, V4 region, from one reference sequence per species, aligned so the same positions line up. A blank is a gap: letters other species have and this one lacks. Switch to “Only where they differ” to fade the letters they share.

From its species' genomes and lab tests

What its species can do

A species counts when most of its strains can. Not measured in anyone's gut.

Can make propionate 1 of 1 species A. muciniphila
Can feed on gut mucus 1 of 1 species A. muciniphila
Can make B vitamins 1 of 1 species A. muciniphila
Can make butyrate 0 of 1 species None of its species
Can make lactic acid 0 of 1 species None of its species
Can ferment fiber 0 of 2 species None of its species
Can eat inulin 0 of 1 species None of its species
Can eat resistant starch 0 of 1 species None of its species
Can eat pectin 0 of 1 species None of its species
Can use lactose 0 of 1 species None of its species
Can change bile acids 0 of 1 species None of its species
Can make hydrogen sulfide 0 of 1 species None of its species
Can make methane 0 of 1 species None of its species

What’s typical · a description, not a comparison

In healthy guts

Everyone · 12,213 people · 129 studies

How common

Found in 48% of healthy people.

How big a slice of the gut

largest Bacteroides 9.8%
2nd largest Phocaeicola 9.1%
3rd largest Segatella 6.4%
4th largest Bifidobacterium 6.2%
5th largest Faecalibacterium 5.4%
6th largest Alistipes 5.2%
7th largest Blautia 3.6%
8th largest Ruminococcus 3.0%
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top 30 Akkermansia 0.8%
649 other microbes, each a sliver 31.5%
18.9%

On average, 0.8% of the microbes in a healthy gut: among the 30 largest slices.

By age and sex

Every group, drawn the same way. Only some samples record age or sex, so each group says how many people it comes from. Tap one to see it above.

By age

367 people · 12% carry it 0.5% of the microbes top 30

198 people · 5 studies 64% carry it 1.1% of the microbes top 20

57 people · 37% carry it 0.5% of the microbes top 30

1,283 people · 27 studies 46% carry it 0.7% of the microbes top 30

142 people · 15 studies 59% carry it 2.6% of the microbes 6th largest

By sex

2,063 people · 55% carry it 0.9% of the microbes top 20

1,530 people · 29 studies 51% carry it 1.0% of the microbes top 20

Compared within studies that had both

In conditions

Compared with healthy people in the same studies, it’s less common in 6 conditions and more common in 4 conditions. Only studies that had both are counted.

A difference is an association: it doesn’t mean this microbe causes, prevents or treats any of these.

Strongest first, then the biggest gap · Each figure is 10 people

Ulcerative colitis 1,015 people · 13 studies Less common in people with it Healthy 42% With it 21%
Chronic kidney failure 487 people · 3 studies More common in people with it Healthy 35% With it 49%
Liver cirrhosis 45 people · 2 studies More common in people with it Healthy 33% With it 78%
Diarrhea 263 people · 2 studies Less common in people with it Healthy 62% With it 27%
Spinal cord injury 75 people · 2 studies More common in people with it Healthy 50% With it 75%
Neuroblastoma 95 people · 2 studies Less common in people with it Healthy 58% With it 38%
Cystic fibrosis 52 people · 1 study Less common in people with it Healthy 60% With it 0%
Blood cancers 29 people · 1 study Less common in people with it Healthy 70% With it 24%
High blood pressure 50 people · 1 study More common in people with it Healthy 18% With it 46%
Atopic dermatitis 226 people · 1 study Less common in people with it Healthy 35% With it 20%

PubMed · human studies and reviews first

Recent research

No recent human studies or reviews yet. Probiome follows PubMed for the few hundred most-studied microbes; rarer species often only show up in large surveys. Search PubMed for this genus ↗

On the shelf

Products that contain it

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Akkermansia

Species in this genus

Its species' DNA

What its species can do

In healthy guts

Where these numbers come from

In conditions

Where these numbers come from

Also compared · 115 conditions

Studies disagree · 1

No meaningful difference · 114

Recent research

Products that contain it