Production of Toxic Volatile Trimethylbismuth by the Intestinal Microbiota of Mice

Table 1

(CH₃)₃Bi content in blood samples of CONV and GF mice fed with CBS containing chow and CONV control mice on standard diet. The absolute limit of detection (LOD) for (CH₃)₃Bi based on the 3σ criterion was 1.5 fmol, whereas the relative LOD was between 4.5 and 6 fmol g⁻¹.

CONV mice		GF mice		CONV control mice
Subgroup	fmol g^−1 (w. w.)	Subgroup	fmol g^−1 (w. w.)	Subgroup	fmol g^−1 (w. w.)
1	15.1	1	LOD	1	LOD
2	16.8	2	LOD	2	LOD
3	71.4	3	LOD	3	LOD
4	8.4	4	LOD
5	6.2	5	LOD
6	35.1	6	LOD
7	12.3	7	LOD
8	7.4