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Suppose a medicine killed all the bacteria in your body. how might this affect vitamin production in your body?
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Bacteria is necessary for the production of?
Depends on the bacteria. For example, bacteria E. Coli is needed for production of vitamin K.
What is Symbiotic relationship between human host and bacteria in the gut which supply the body with vitamin K?
The bacteria absorb nutrients in the gut from digested food - the human benefits from the production of the vitamin.
What will happen if all bacteria is killed in your body?
It would end the production of vitamins because bacteria that live in your intestines make small amounts of vitamin K.
How do bacteria keep us healthy?
There are a number of ways that bacteria keep us healthy. Bacteria in the digestive system help use with certain types of vitamin production and absorption, for instance. Bacteria in the vagina help maintain the normal environment of the vagina.
What fat-soluble vitamin is synthesized by intestinal bacteria?
Vitamin K is made from bacteria from the intestine.
What can bacteria and viruses in your digestive system lead to?
Bacteria in the digestive system are necessary for digestion and the production of vitamin K in the colon. Viruses rarely even make it to the stomach; they infect by reaching the bloodstream.
What beneficial substance are produce by bacteria in the large intestine?
Bacteria in the large intestine can produce important vitamins for the body. For example, some bacteria produce vitamin K from eating fiber. Some bacteria also produce vitamin D.
What vitamin is removed in the production of skim milk?
Vitamin A
If vitamin K bacteria or not please give me a short answer?
Shortest answer, no. Vitamin K is a vitamin.
What Vitamin is necessary for the production of an enzyme found in tears?
Vitamin A
Which vitamin is synthesized by human body?
There are 4 forms of vitamin D, and the important ones are synthesized by the reaction between UV rays and cholesterol in our skin. Vitamin K2 is synthesized in the guts by bacteria. Vitamin B3 Niacin is synthesized in small amounts by gut bacteria. Vitamin B5 Pantothenic Acid is synthesized in small amounts by gut bacteria. Vitamin B7 Biotin is synthesized in small amounts by gut bacteria. Vitamin B9 Folic Acid is synthesized in small amounts by gut bacteria. Vitamin B12 is synthesized in the guts by bacteria.
What is the major site of vitamin K and vitamin B formation by bacteria?
The Colon
