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. 1983 Jan;45(1):308–309. doi: 10.1128/aem.45.1.308-309.1983

Enhancement of the 7α-Dehydroxylase Activity of a Gram-Positive Intestinal Anaerobe by Flavins

Noriyuki Masuda 1, Hiroshi Oda 1, Seiju Hirano 1, Hiromitsu Tanaka 1
PMCID: PMC242272  PMID: 6824319

Abstract

The addition of flavins to the growth medium specifically enhanced the 7α-dehydroxylation of bile acids by anaerobically growing cultures of a Eubacterium lentum-like intestinal anaerobe, strain c-25, without an increase in cell growth. The order of the enhancement of the reaction was flavin adenine dinucleotide > flavin mononucleotide ≫ riboflavin.

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