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While\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">R. gnavus<\/jats:italic>\n                      is not considered a pathogen, overabundance of this species is correlated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and its sialic acid metabolism may play a role in the dysbiotic state. Interestingly, liberation of mucin-bound sialic acid by\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">R. gnavus<\/jats:italic>\n                      yields the distinct product of 2,7-anhydro-N-acetylneuraminic acid (2,7-anhydro-Neu5Ac), in contrast to other known mucin-degrading bacteria, which generate Neu5Ac. This prompted us to look for 2,7-anhydro-Neu5Ac metabolism proteins in the genomes of 77\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">R. gnavus<\/jats:italic>\n                      clinical isolates. We found that 2,7-anhydro-Neu5Ac metabolism is sporadically distributed in this species with respect to phylogeny and strain origin. We measured sialic acid-dependent growth of 12 sequenced isolates, finding that the presence of 2,7-anhydro-Neu5Ac catabolism proteins was predictive of growth on this substrate. Our analysis also uncovered \u201cpartial\u201d 2,7-anhydro-Neu5Ac catabolism pathways in two\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">R. gnavus<\/jats:italic>\n                      strains, leading to the discovery that these strains grow with Neu5Ac as a sole carbon source, a metabolic capability previously unreported in this species. These results reveal a notable diversity of sialic acid catabolism across the\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">R. gnavus<\/jats:italic>\n                      species, an essential consideration for further investigations into the importance of this metabolism in mucin degradation and in the roles of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">R. gnavus<\/jats:italic>\n                      in IBD and other gut dysbioses.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>IMPORTANCE<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Ruminococcus gnavus<\/jats:italic>\n                      is a common resident of the human gut, but often blooms in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It remains unclear whether\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">R. gnavus<\/jats:italic>\n                      plays any direct role in disease occurrence. This study investigates\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">R. gnavus<\/jats:italic>\n                      utilization of sialic acid, a crucial component of host mucins, the main constituents of the mucus that lines and protects the gut. We profile variations in sialic acid metabolic pathways and growth among 77\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">R. gnavus<\/jats:italic>\n                      strains, isolated from healthy people and individuals with IBD, discovering further diversity in sialic acid utilization than was previously appreciated. This study emphasizes that the intricate interaction between bacteria and their environment must be examined at the strain level to understand the roles of particular species in health and disease.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1128\/spectrum.03090-24","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,11]],"date-time":"2025-07-11T10:59:33Z","timestamp":1752231573000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/asmj-crossmark-policy-page","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Dysbiosis-associated gut bacterium\n                    <i>Ruminococcus gnavus<\/i>\n                    varies at the strain level in its ability to utilize key mucin component sialic acid"],"prefix":"10.1128","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1202-4248","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Olga 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