Cadmium chloride exhibits a profound toxic effect on bacterial microflora of the mice gastrointestinal tract

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-159

  Fazeli, M ^a   Hassanzadeh, P ^a   Alaei, S ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

cadmium; gastrointestinal tract; heavy metal; microflora; toxicity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE FLORA; KLEBSIELLA; LACTOBACILLUS; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; RECTUM; SMALL INTESTINE;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; INTESTINE, LARGE; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; LACTOBACILLUS; MUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEUS (ENTEROBACTERIA); PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 79551536531     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327110369821     Document Type: Article

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