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EDTA in bacterial cultures

R. I. Mateles rmateles at candida.com
Tue Sep 14 16:27:47 EST 1999


I don't think EDTA is a "common food additive."  What is the basis for this
statement?

Rich Mateles

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Russell Farris <tryggvi at email.msn.com> wrote in message
news:eng4dqg$#GA.209 at cpmsnbbsa02...
> Thanks, Lesley.  I'm interested in EDTA because Kazuyama et al. (1997)
were
> able to increase inclusion body-forming activity of Chlamydia
> pneumoniae10,000 fold by use of EDTA or trypsin. I'm interested in EDTA
> because it is a common
> food additive, and I wonder what effect it has on the growth of C.
> pneumoniae in the human body.
>
> Russell Farris






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