Scientists isolate vitamin B12 from edible bacteria, could help deal with nutrient deficiency
7 years, 9 months ago

Scientists isolate vitamin B12 from edible bacteria, could help deal with nutrient deficiency

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A group of Indian scientists have isolated an edible bacterium that could potentially help deal with vitamin-B12 deficiency New Delhi: It is well known that human gut is home to hundreds of bacteria. Researchers from National Dairy Research Institute at Karnal have isolated two novel strains of food-grade bacteria called Lactobacillus plantarum, which produces vitamin B12, after screening close to 59 strains using a new screening method. “The vitamin B12 producer bacteria isolated from human milk sample highlights the positive role of breastfeeding for healthy gut of infants,” he added. “Such novel vitamin B12 producing strains can be exploited in future for increasing B12 content of the deficient food bases using bio-fortification strategy,” researchers said.

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