Zinc Competition among the Intestinal Microbiota
ABSTRACT 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...
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American Society for Microbiology
2012
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/13c6624bb2df441ebfa57fa40cb7bb9e |
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