Production of Vitamins

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Vitamins can be produced on industrial scale by microorganisms.

For e.g.,

  • Riboflavin (B2) can be produced by Ashbya gossypii, Eremothecium ashybii
  • Cobalamine (B12) cause produced by bacteria propioni bacterium, Pseudomonas denitrificans, Bacillus megatherium, Streptomyces oleaceus
  • a - Sorbode - a precursor of vitamin C can be produced from Acetobacter.

Production of Organic Acids

Many industrial organic acids can be manufactured from large scale culture of microbes.
  • Acetic acid is produced by bacterial fermentation of ethyl alcohol by Acetobacter bacilli.
  • Lactic acid is produced by bacterial fermentation of lactose by Streptococcus lactii
  • Citric acid is produced by fermentation of sugar by Aspergillus niger.

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