RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The effect of <em>E. coli</em> on the absorption of vitamin B<sub>12</sub>
JF Gut
JO Gut
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
SP 70
OP 73
DO 10.1136/gut.3.1.70
VO 3
IS 1
A1 C. C. Booth
A1 Janet Heath
YR 1962
UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/3/1/70.abstract
AB 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.