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Mention the importance of Lactic acid bacteria to humans other than setting milk into curd.

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Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are also present in the human gut and inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria. LAB also synthesize and release vitamin-`B_(12)` in the curd so increasing its nutritional importance.
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