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A sensitive bacterial-growth-based test reveals how intestinal Bacteroides meet their porphyrin requirement
BACKGROUND: Bacteroides sp. are dominant constituents of the human and animal intestinal microbiota require porphyrins (i.e., protoporphyrin IX or iron-charged heme) for normal growth. The highly stimulatory effect of porphyrins on Bacteroides growth lead us to propose their use as a potential deter...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4696147/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26715069 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-015-0616-0 |