title: Microbial Production of Ursodeoxycholic Acid from Lithocholic Acid by Fusarium equiseti M41.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kulprecha
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nilubol
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taguchi