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Zinc Competition among the Intestinal Microbiota
Bioavailable levels of trace metals, such as iron and zinc, for bacterial growth in nature are sufficiently low that most microbes have evolved high-affinity binding and transport systems. The microbe Campylobacter jejuni lives in the gastrointestinal tract of chickens, the principal source of human...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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American Society of Microbiology
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3419517/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22851657 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00171-12 |