Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Vitamin B-12, and a knockoff version, create complex market for marine vitamins

01/24/2017 02:34 PM EST

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A new study shows that vitamin B-12 exists in two different, incompatible forms in the oceans. An organism thought to supply essential vitamin B-12 in the marine environment is actually churning out a knockoff version.


Full story at http://www.washington.edu/news/2017/01/18/vitamin-b-12-and-a-knockoff-version-create-complex-market-for-marine-vitamins/

Source
University of Washington


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