Changes in the gut microbiota of mice orally exposed to methylimidazolium ionic liquids.

Ionic liquids are salts used in a variety of industrial processes, and being relatively non-volatile, are proposed as environmentally-friendly replacements for existing volatile liquids. Methylimidazolium ionic liquids resist complete degradation in the environment, likely because the imidazolium mo...

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Main Authors: Gregory R Young, Tarek M Abdelghany, Alistair C Leitch, Michael P Dunn, Peter G Blain, Clare Lanyon, Matthew C Wright
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229745