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| Production of Vitamins |
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| Vitamins can be produced on industrial scale by microorganisms. |
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 Riboflavin (B2) can be produced by Ashbya gossypii, Eremothecium ashybii |
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 Cobalamine (B12) cause produced by bacteria propioni bacterium, Pseudomonas denitrificans, Bacillus megatherium, Streptomyces oleaceus |
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 a - Sorbode - a precursor of vitamin C can be produced from Acetobacter. |
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| Many industrial organic acids can be manufactured from large scale culture of microbes. |
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 Acetic acid is produced by bacterial fermentation of ethyl alcohol by Acetobacter bacilli. |
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 Lactic acid is produced by bacterial fermentation of lactose by Streptococcus lactii |
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 Citric acid is produced by fermentation of sugar by Aspergillus niger. |
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