Microbial Production of Ursodeoxycholic Acid from Lithocholic Acid by Fusarium equiseti M41.
A fungus identified as Fusarium equiseti was isolated from soil and found to carry out 7beta-hydroxylation of lithocholic acid to ursodeoxycholic acid (35% yield; 350 mg/liter) in 112 h.
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Yakult Central Institute for Microbial Research, Yaho, Kunitachi, Tokyo 186, Japan; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 5, Thailand ; and Department of Fermentation Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita-shi, Osaka 565, Japan.
Kulprecha
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Nilubol
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Yoshida
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Kinoshita
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Taguchi
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