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Prokaryote-eukaryote interactions in trace element metabolism. Desulfovibrio sp. in Helix aspersa

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Snails (Helix aspersa) contain sulphate-reducing bacteria in their crops. Feeding such animals on food containing sulphate and molybdate ions does not induce a copper deficiency and in fact the bacteria appear to facilitate metal absorption. This is in contrast to the effects of these bacteria in ruminant cattle.

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  1. Department of Pure and Applied Zoology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, RG6 2AJ, Reading, England

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Simkiss, K. Prokaryote-eukaryote interactions in trace element metabolism. Desulfovibrio sp. in Helix aspersa. Experientia 41, 1195–1197 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01951726

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