There is myth that Vitamin B12 can be acquired only by eating animal based products however in reality cobalamin or methylcobalamin is produced by specific bacteria such as lactobacillus reuteri to name a few and our ancestors would get it by drinking from natural water sources or eating not sterile plant food with traces of soil and bacterial contamination.
I suspect I may be deficient B12 or just need to sure I got plenty enough so I was searching for methylcobalamin supplements and even when looking for cheapest powders cost really high, 1g of methylcobalamin for 30Eu is best dial so far. On other hand very small B12 vitamin required to take per day and high doses such as 1000mcg are wasteful so it would be necessary to dilute it in water.
So I got idea of producing B12 on my own just not sure how reliably to do it. I make own kvass/beer fermented drink so maybe adding probiotic bacteria could work out? In this case which organisms produce most efficiently methylcobalamin? Or maybe it can be simply extracted from rich soil?
The most commonly used microorganisms for B12 production are following — Propioni bacterium freudenreichii, Pseudomonas denitrificans, Bacillus megaterium and Streptomyces olivaceus.
Streptomyces griseus, a bacterium once thought to be a yeast, was the commercial source of vitamin B12 for many years . The bacteria Propionibacterium shermanii and Pseudomonas denitrificans have now replaced S. griseus. At least one company, Rhone Poulenc Biochimie of France, is using a genetically engineered microorganism to produce B12.
Vitamin B12: Vegan Sources
For microorganisms to produce cobalamin cobalt element is required. It might be naturally occurring but to be sure it’s good idea to add supplements. To my knowledge lithium batteries use cobalt so these two beneficial metals could be used as supplement? Glucose is the most commonly used carbon source for large scale manufacture of vitamin B12.
Microbial Production of Vitamins: An Overview
Clams were reported to have highest levels of B12. They lack the complex neural structure and consciousness so killing them shouldn’t be immoral?
I suspect I may be deficient B12 or just need to sure I got plenty enough so I was searching for methylcobalamin supplements and even when looking for cheapest powders cost really high, 1g of methylcobalamin for 30Eu is best dial so far. On other hand very small B12 vitamin required to take per day and high doses such as 1000mcg are wasteful so it would be necessary to dilute it in water.
So I got idea of producing B12 on my own just not sure how reliably to do it. I make own kvass/beer fermented drink so maybe adding probiotic bacteria could work out? In this case which organisms produce most efficiently methylcobalamin? Or maybe it can be simply extracted from rich soil?
The most commonly used microorganisms for B12 production are following — Propioni bacterium freudenreichii, Pseudomonas denitrificans, Bacillus megaterium and Streptomyces olivaceus.
Streptomyces griseus, a bacterium once thought to be a yeast, was the commercial source of vitamin B12 for many years . The bacteria Propionibacterium shermanii and Pseudomonas denitrificans have now replaced S. griseus. At least one company, Rhone Poulenc Biochimie of France, is using a genetically engineered microorganism to produce B12.
Vitamin B12: Vegan Sources
For microorganisms to produce cobalamin cobalt element is required. It might be naturally occurring but to be sure it’s good idea to add supplements. To my knowledge lithium batteries use cobalt so these two beneficial metals could be used as supplement? Glucose is the most commonly used carbon source for large scale manufacture of vitamin B12.
Microbial Production of Vitamins: An Overview
Clams were reported to have highest levels of B12. They lack the complex neural structure and consciousness so killing them shouldn’t be immoral?
