@article{0e21f7476a064611b7ee579a1a52363e,
title = "Removal of the cyanobacterial toxin microcystin-LR by human probiotics",
abstract = "Three human probiotics, Lactobacillus rhamnosus strains GG and LC-705, and Bifidobacterium lactis strain Bb12, were found to bind the cyanobacterial peptide toxin microcystin-LR from water solutions. The highest removal percentage was 46%, observed with heat-treated L. rhamnosus strain GG (10 10 cells/ml) and a microcystin-LR concentration of 0.5 μg/ml during an incubation of 7 h at 35°C.",
keywords = "Cyanobacteria, Microcystin, Probiotics, Toxin",
author = "Jussi Meriluoto and Miguel Gueimonde and Haskard, {Carolyn A.} and Lisa Spoof and Olli Sj{\"o}vall and Seppo Salminen",
note = "Funding Information: We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Academy of Finland, RC for Biosciences and Environment (projects 210309 and 210310). We thank Valio Ltd (Helsinki, Finland) for donating the Lactobacillus probiotic and Chr. Hansen Ltd (H{\o}rsholm, Denmark) for the Bifidobacterium probiotic. Many thanks to Daniel Hoefel for skillful assistance with flow cytometry measurements. Copyright: Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2005",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1016/j.toxicon.2005.03.013",
language = "English",
volume = "46",
pages = "111--114",
journal = "Toxicon",
issn = "0041-0101",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "1",
}