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Lactobacillus bulgaricus mutants decompose uremic toxins.
Renal failure - 1 Jun 2014
Bai Yun-Huan, Jiang Ya-Fen, Jiang Yun-Sheng
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: We aim to obtain a probiotic strain from Lactobacillus bulgaricus by testing its capability to decompose uremic toxins to provide new intestinal bacteria for the treatment of chronic renal failure. METHODS: Original L. bulgaricus was cultured with the serum of uremic patients and then mutated by physical (ultraviolet) and chemical (diethyl sulfate) methods repeatedly. Using creatinine...
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