Question

Vitamin-B is produced by fermentation of sugar and starches by

• A. Clostridium botulinum
• B. Clostridium botyricum
• C. Clostridium acetobutylicum
• D. Clostridium pasteurianum

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Clostridium botulinum

Vitamins are accessory food factors which play vital roles in nutrition, growth and in other basic metabolic process and mostly required as coenzymes in various enzymatic reactions. Vitamin $B_{12}$ is produced by fermentation of sugar and starch by Clostridium botulinum.