Healthy adult gut microbiota sustains its own vitamin B12 requirement in an in vitro batch fermentation model

Healthy adult gut microbiota sustains its own vitamin B12 requirement in an in vitro batch fermentation model

Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is present in the human lower gastrointestinal tract either coming from the unabsorbed dietary fraction or from in situ production of the gut microbiota. However, it is unclear whether the gut microbial communities need exogenous B12 for growth and metabolism, or whether B12...

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Main Authors: Palni Kundra, Annelies Geirnaert, Benoit Pugin, Paola Morales Martinez, Christophe Lacroix, Anna Greppi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Nutrition
Subjects:
cobalamin
human gut microbiota
SCFA
in vitro fermentation
prototrophy
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.1070155/full

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