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A wide variety of bacterial species and several molds grown in synthetic biotin-free media have been shown to synthesize biotin to a greater or lesser degree as measured by the yeast-growth biotin assay method. This evidence suggests that biotin may be of widespread importance in microbial nutrition.
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