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Manganese, superoxide dismutase, and oxygen tolerance in some lactic acid bacteria.

A previous study of the aerotolerant bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum, which lacks superoxide dismutase (SOD), demonstrated that it possesses a novel substitute for this defensive enzyme. Thus, L. plantarum contains 20 to 25 mM Mn(II),m in a dialyzable form, which is able to scavenge O2- apparently...

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Main Authors: Archibald, F S, Fridovich, I
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1981
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC216946/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6263860
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