Scientists have found a new "producer" of vitamin B12

Biologists at the University of Waterloo has identified a group of microorganisms which can be responsible for most of the production of vitamin B 12 in the oceans, with consequences for global carbon cycle changes and climate.

Researchers Andew Doxey and Josh Neufeld found: bacteria, Thaumarchaeota are likely dominant global producer of vitamin B 12. This group from the Archea type have never before been associated with synthesis of vitamin B 12.

As explained by Professor Doxey: "We assumed that most major global sources of vitamin B 12 is already known, so this scientific news changes everything that scientists know about global production of this important substance." Co-author of the open Neufeld added, "because Thaumarchaeota are among the most common organisms on the planet, especially in the marine environment, their contribution to the production of vitamin B 12 is of great importance for ecology and metabolism in the oceans".

Amounts of vitamin b 12 can control how strong the biological productivity of phytoplankton in the oceans. Phytoplankton help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis, just as plants and trees, thus reducing the atmospheric concentrations of this greenhouse gas making the largest contribution to global warming.

Source: nauka24news.ru/