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. 1982 Dec;44(6):1249–1252. doi: 10.1128/aem.44.6.1249-1252.1982

Microbial Production of Ursodeoxycholic Acid from Lithocholic Acid by Fusarium equiseti M41

Haruji Sawada 1, Songsri Kulprecha 1, Naline Nilubol 1, Toshiomi Yoshida 1, Shinichi Kinoshita 1, Hisaharu Taguchi 1
PMCID: PMC242181  PMID: 16346142

Abstract

A fungus identified as Fusarium equiseti was isolated from soil and found to carry out 7β-hydroxylation of lithocholic acid to ursodeoxycholic acid (35% yield; 350 mg/liter) in 112 h.

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