Worms, bacteria, and micronutrients: an elegant model of ...

model to gain insights into the physiological effects of micronutrients, with a focus on B-type vitamins. C. elegans as a model organism C. elegans is a metazoan that lives in temperate soil environments and mainly feeds on bacteria growing on rotting vegetation[10].Sinceitwasintroducedasagenetic model organism [11], ‘the worm’ has proven ... ................
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