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. 1983 Feb;45(2):522–525. doi: 10.1128/aem.45.2.522-525.1983

Microbial Transformation of Squalene: Terminal Methyl Group Oxidation by Corynebacterium sp

Chull Won Seo 1, Yasuhiro Yamada 1, Nobuo Takada 1, Hirosuke Okada 1
PMCID: PMC242317  PMID: 16346201

Abstract

Corynebacterium sp. strain SY-79 was isolated from soil, using squalene as a carbon source. Microbiological properties of this bacterium are described. The metabolic product of this bacterium from squalene was identified as 2,6,10,15,19, 23-hexamethyl-2,6,10,14,18,22-tetracosahexaenedioic acid (squalenedioic acid).

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