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Riboflavin is a water-soluble vitamin which can be produced on a commercial scale by various fermentation processes using various micro-organisms. Riboflavin is used pure for human nutrition and therapy and in the crude concentrated form for animal feed supplements. Although it is produced by both synthetic and fermentation processes, it is believed that the microbial synthesis should be able to compete quite successfully with the synthetic chemical processes.
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Kutsal, T., Özbas, M.T. (1989). Microbial Production of Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin). In: Vandamme, E.J. (eds) Biotechnology of Vitamins, Pigments and Growth Factors. Elsevier Applied Biotechnology Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1111-6_10
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