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Insights Into a Possible Influence on Gut Microbiota and Intestinal Barrier Function During Chronic Exposure of Mice to Imazalil
31 Oct 2017
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The fungicide imazalil (IMZ) is widely used to prevent and treat fungal diseases in plants and animals. Here, male adult C57BL/6 mice were exposed to 0.1, 0.5, and 2.5 mg/kg body weight IMZ for 2, 5, or 15 weeks. The microbiota in cecal contents and feces changed during chronic IMZ exposure at phylum and genus levels. Sequencing of the V3-V4 region of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene revealed a significant change in...
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