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Figure 6

From: Clay-induced DNA breaks as a path for genetic diversity, antibiotic resistance, and asbestos carcinogenesis

Figure 6

Removal of sepiolite fibres longer than 1 μm decreases fibre-induced mutagenesis to the level of the control. Box-plot of the mutant frequency of E. coli MG1655 when sepiolite fibres longer than 1 µm were removed in the mutagenesis experiments (lf-depleted sepiolite). Dry and reconstituted sepiolite (normal sepiolite) and bacterial cells (labeled as control) with no sepiolite were used to compare the effects of long fibre removal. Asterisks represent significant difference; Mann-Whitney U: P < 0.01.

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