The Food Contaminant Deoxynivalenol Exacerbates the Genotoxicity of Gut Microbiota

An increasing number of human beings from developed countries are colonized by Escherichia coli strains producing colibactin, a genotoxin suspected to be associated with the development of colorectal cancers. Deoxynivalenol (DON) is the most prevalent mycotoxin that contaminates staple food—especial...

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Main Authors: Delphine Payros, Ulrich Dobrindt, Patricia Martin, Thomas Secher, Ana Paula F. L. Bracarense, Michèle Boury, Joelle Laffitte, Philippe Pinton, Eric Oswald, Isabelle P. Oswald, Julian E. Davies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-03-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/2/e00007-17

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