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. 1962 Mar;3(1):70–73. doi: 10.1136/gut.3.1.70

The effect of E. coli on the absorption of vitamin B12

C C Booth, Janet Heath
PMCID: PMC1413293  PMID: 13871156

Abstract

Cultures of E. coli are capable of inhibiting the absorption of vitamin B12 in the rat. Their inhibitory effect is totally abolished when the organisms are killed by heat and partially abolished when test doses of labelled B12 are previously bound by intrinsic factor.

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