An engineered gut bacterium protects against dietary methylmercury exposure in pregnant mice

By sjmartinez • May 3, 2025

Yu KB, Chandra F, Coley-O'Rourke EJ, Paulson ET, Novoselov A, Zhang D, Finnigan D, Paramo J, Lopez-Romero A, Dong TS, Schartup AT, Hsiao EY. An engineered gut bacterium protects against dietary methylmercury exposure in pregnant mice. Cell Host Microbe. 2025 Apr 25:S1931-3128(25)00142-8. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2025.04.009. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40315838.

Tags: Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, Digestive Diseases, exposures, methylmercury, microbiome, neurodevelopment, neurotoxicant, pregnancy, Publications, synthetic biology

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