B-Group Vitamins Production by Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria

Biotechnology of Lactic Acid Bacteria: Novel Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 211-232

  Guy Leblanc, Jean ^a   Pía Taranto, María ^a   Molina, Verónica ^a   Sesma, Fernando ^a  

^a CENTRO DE REFERENCIA PARA LACTOBACILOS CERELA CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

B Group Vitamins Production by Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria; Cobalamin biosynthesis by Lactobacillus reuteri; Folate producing microorganisms; Producing some corrinoids such as L. reuteri DCM; The Food Agriculture Organization (FAO); Types and a mount of B12 produced by Lact; Vitamin Bioavailability Studies: Animal Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255193589     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780813820866.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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