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Selenite-stress selected mutant strains of probiotic bacteria for Se source production.
Journal of trace elements in medicine and biology : organ of the Society for Minerals and Trace Elements (GMS) - 1 Apr 2015
Pusztahelyi Tünde, Kovács Szilvia, Pócsi István, Prokisch József
Abstract excerpt
Selenium deficiency is a major health problem worldwide for about 1 billion people. Bacterial cells usually possess low tolerance to selenite stress and also low ability to reduce high concentrations of toxic selenite. Here, high tolerance to selenite and selenium bioaccumulation capability were developed in mutated clones of probiotic and starter bacteria including Enterococcus faecium, Bifidobacterium animalis...
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