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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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Autores principales: Gielda, Lindsay M., DiRita, Victor J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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