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Toxicity of Methylated Bismuth Compounds Produced by Intestinal Microorganisms to Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a Member of the Physiological Intestinal Microbiota

Methanoarchaea have an outstanding capability to methylate numerous metal(loid)s therefore producing toxic and highly mobile derivatives. Here, we report that the production of methylated bismuth species by the methanoarchaeum Methanobrevibacter smithii, a common member of the human intestine, impai...

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Autores principales: Bialek, Beatrix, Diaz-Bone, Roland A., Pieper, Dominik, Hollmann, Markus, Hensel, Reinhard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3182067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21966291
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/608349