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Dietary vitamin K is remodeled by gut microbiota and influences community composition. Menaquinone (MK) / Vitamin K2 is bacterially produced forms of vitamin K produced by the gut microbiota and consumed in the diet. The lack of dietary vitamin K changes the composition of the gut microbial community.
Vitamin K2 forms an essential part of the electron-transfer chain in microorganisms that use respiration to energize the cell. Diet-derived Phytomenadione / Vitamin K1can be converted to Menaquinone (MK) / Vitamin K2…