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Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) is a synthetic aminopolycarboxylic acid widely used as a chelation agent for heavy metal poisoning, particularly lead. In the microbiome context, EDTA is significant for two reasons: its therapeutic use in metal detoxification and …
The labile metal pool (LMP) is the fraction of intracellular metal that is bioavailable -- loosely coordinated with small molecules, transiently protein-bound, or truly "free" in solution. This pool is vanishingly small (often <1 free atom per cell for zinc and copper) …