Question

Production of vitamins employs not only men and machine but microbes too. Give details of such microbes.

Answer 1

Vitamins are organic compounds that perform specific biological functions for normal maintenance and optimal growth of an organism. These vitamins cannot be synthesized by the higher organisms, including man, and therefore they have to be supplied in small amounts in the diet.

Microorganisms are capable of synthesizing the vitamins. In fact, the bacteria in the gut of humans can produce some of the vitamins, which if appropriately absorbed can partially meet the body’s requirements. It is an accepted fact that after administration of strong antibiotics to humans (which kill bacteria in gut), additional consumption of vitamins is recommended.



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Answer 2

Dear Student,

● Microbes in industrial vitamin production -

• Vitamins are organic substances that are required in small quantities for normal growth and functions of body.
• Vitamins are not synthesized by humans but are supplied through diet.
• They are commercially produced by help of microorganisms.

# Microbes used for commercial production of various vitamins -

• Vitamin A - Blakeslea trispora, Phycomyces blakesleeanus
• Vitamin B2 - Clostridium aceto­butylicum, Clostridium butylicum
• Vitamin B12 - Streptomyces olivaceus, Cornybacterium species
• Vitamin C - Cornybactrium species
• Vitamin E - Euglena gracilis

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