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Studies on the removal of Cd ions by gastrointestinal lactobacilli.

Applied microbiology and biotechnology (2016-12-23)
Magdalena Polak-Berecka, Patrycja Boguta, Jolanta Cieśla, Andrzej Bieganowski, Tomasz Skrzypek, Tomasz Czernecki, Adam Waśko
ABSTRACT

Accumulation of toxic metal ions in food and water is nowadays a growing health-related problem. One detoxification method involves the use of microorganisms naturally inhabiting the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). The purpose of this study was to prove that lactic acid bacteria derived from the GIT are able to effectively remove Cd

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D.E.R. 332, used as embedding medium