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The production of vitamin B12-like substances by marine micro-organisms

II. Studies on nutrition

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The effects of different substrates and the presence and absence of various mineral salts were studied with respect to the growth of and the synthesis of vitamin B12-like factors of ten different marine isolates. A detailed study was also made of the effect of various carbon and nitrogen sources on the growth and production of vitamin B12-like factors by one selected isolate.

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  1. Microbiology Department, St. Xavier’s College, Fort, Bombay, India

    N. M. Gandhi & Yvonne M. Freitas

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Gandhi, N.M., Freitas, Y.M. The production of vitamin B12-like substances by marine micro-organisms. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 59, 33–46 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051923

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