Archea Domain: New Producer Of Vitamin B12 Discovered

Monday, September 15, 2014 - 17:40 in Biology & Nature

Vitamin B12 is an essential molecule required by most life on this planet but it is only produced by a relatively small group of microorganisms due to its large size and complexity. For us, vitamin B12 plays a key role in maintaining the brain and nervous systems, as well as DNA synthesis in cells throughout the body.  read more

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