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A new steroid-transforming strain of Mycobacterium neoaurum and cloning of 3-ketosteroid 9alpha-hydroxylase in NwIB-01.
Applied biochemistry and biotechnology - 1 Nov 2010
Wei Wei, Fan Shuyue, Wang Fengqing, Wei Dongzhi
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Using enrichment procedures, five strains that can utilize soybean phytosterols as the sole carbon source were isolated from steroids-contaminated soil samples. Among the isolated strains, the strain NwIB-01 with the highest steroid degradation ability was identified as Mycobacterium neoaurum by...
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