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Role Of Microbial Fermentation On Degradation Of Folic Acid In Micronutrient Fortified Corn Masa Prior To Baking, Chad Hancock

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met This was an intensive project, which turned out to be a great opportunity for our students. We had one graduate student and four to five undergraduate students working on it at any given time. Due to attrition in the lab, we had about 16 undergraduates who were involved across the course of the entire project. Students learned the nuances of a very challenging multi-day, microbial assay for folic acid, and also learned many other laboratory skills and became quite proficient in microbial enumeration and isolation. The importance of …