Factors affecting the accumulation of biotin by Lactobacillus arabinosus.
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چکیده
The problem of substrate accumulation in microbial cells has been the subject of considerable investigation in recent years. However, comparatively little is known of the conditions influencing the accumulation of vitamins into microbial cells. One might cite as examples the investigations of Oginsky (1952) with vitamin B12, of Lichstein and Ferguson (1958) with biotin, and of Wood and Hitchings (1959) with folic acid. The present studies are an extension of those of Lichstein and Ferguson (1958) who reported that under suitable conditions cells of Lactobacillus arabinosus accumulated large amounts of biotin.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of bacteriology
دوره 81 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1961