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Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, 660 Parrington Oval, Norman, Oklahoma, 73019, USA All the effects on the mucin layer by Akkermansia muciniphila are exciting, but what makes researchers excited are its effects on diabetes and obesity.