A Toxic Friend: Genotoxic and Mutagenic Activity of the Probiotic Strain Escherichia coli Nissle 1917
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- 25 August 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in mSphere
- Vol. 6 (4) , e0062421
Abstract
Nissle 1917 is sold as a probiotic and considered safe even though it has been known since 2006 that it harbors the genes for colibactin synthesis. Colibactin is a potent genotoxin that is now linked to causative mutations found in human colorectal cancer.Keywords
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- Institut National Du Cancer (PLBIO13-123)
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