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Isolation and partial characterization of a new mutant for sterol biotransformation inMycobacterium sp.

✍ Scribed by Celso Pérez; Ileana Pérez; Emilia Hervé

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
210 KB
Volume
17
Category
Article
ISSN
0141-5492

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✦ Synopsis

A new sterol biotransforming mutant was isolated from NRRL-B3683

Mycobacterium sp. after nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis. The mutant showed an enhanced ability to biotransform stigmasterol into 17-ketosteroids compared with the parental strain.

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