cells Article In Vitro Characterization of Gut Microbiota-Derived Commensal Strains: Selection of Parabacteroides distasonis Strains Alleviating TNBS-Induced Colitis in Mice Bernardo Cuffaro 1,2, Aka L. W. Assohoun 2,3, Denise Boutillier 1, Lenka Súkeníková 4, Jérémy Desramaut 1, Samira Boudebbouze 2, Sophie Salomé-Desnoulez 5, Jiˇrí Hrdý 4 , Anne-Judith Waligora-Dupriet 6, Emmanuelle Maguin 2,* and Corinne Grangette 1,* 1 Université de Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019-UMR 9017-CIIL-Centre d’Infection et d’Immunité de Lille, 59000 Lille, France; bernardo.cuff
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[email protected] (C.G.); Tel.: +33-681-151-925 (E.M.); +33-320-877-392 (C.G.) Received: 14 May 2020; Accepted: 20 July 2020; Published: 16 September 2020 Abstract: Alterations in the gut microbiota composition and diversity seem to play a role in the development of chronic diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), leading to gut barrier disruption and induction of proinflammatory immune responses.