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B12 and B1 auxotrophy of lower marine phycomycetes

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A study of the lower marine Phycomycetes Thraustochytrium roseum, T. aureum, and Schizochytrium aggregatum revealed their requirement for exogenous B12 and B1. T. roseum grew well when provided with only the pyrimidine moiety of the latter whereas the other fungi were dependent on the presence of the intact molecule. The response of these organisms to minute concentrations of B1 suggests their value for assaying sea water for the vitamin.

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    Solomon Goldstein & Melvin Belsky

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Goldstein, S., Belsky, M. B12 and B1 auxotrophy of lower marine phycomycetes. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 47, 161–163 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00422521

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