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    Biochemistry and Physiology of Vitamins in Euglena

    Euglena gracilis Z requires vitamins B1 and B12 for growth. It takes up and accumulates large amounts of these exogenous vitamins through energy-dependent active transport systems. Except for these essential vit...

    Fumio Watanabe, Kazuya Yoshimura in Euglena: Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular … (2017)

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    Seaweeds as a Source of Vitamin B12

    The usual dietary sources of vitamin B12 are animal-derived foods, such as milk, meat, fish, and shellfish. Vitamin B12 is well known as the unusual vitamin that is absent from plant-derived foods. Thus, vegetari...

    Tomohiro Bito, Fumio Watanabe in Sustainable Global Resources of Seaweeds Volume 2 (2022)