The Oxidation of Ascorbic Acid as Influenced by Intestinal Bacteria

W. B. Esselen, James E. Fuller

Journal of Bacteriology · 1939 · 29 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

certain strains of intestinal bacteria, particularly "B. coli com-munis " and "B. paratyphosus B", were capable of destroying ascorbic acid (vitamin C), while other intestinal bacteria were

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