| Literature DB >> 3571037 |
K Watanabe, H Aihara, N Tachi, R Nakamura.
Abstract
Degradations of 4-cholesten-3-one and 1,4-androstadiene-3,17-dione, which are intermediates of microbial conversion of cholesterol, by cholesterol-degrading bacteria (12 strains of the genus Rhodococcus isolated from food of animal origin and 12 culture collection strains) were examined. All strains had the ability to degrade 4-cholesten-3-one without necessarily being able to degrade cholesterol. On the other hand, the bacteria were divided into three groups with little or no (0-10%), intermediate (10-70%) and high (70-100%) degradation abilities for 1,4-androstadiene-3,17-dione.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID： 3571037 DOI： 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1987.tb02393.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Appl Bacteriol ISSN： 0021-8847