Table 1.

Categories of the meso and micro perspectives of the technological prospecting study.

Meso Perspective Group	Micro Perspective Group	References
Microorganism	Genetic modification or genetic identification	[4,6,10,13,14,15,18,21,22,29,30,31,32,39,43,45,46,47,51,53,55,56,57,60,61,62,65,74,75,81,85,86,89,90,92,93,95,110,113]
	Ks enzyme *	[6,10,13,14,15,29,35,43,53,55,57,62,87,93,97,104]
	Resting cells, cell wall modifications or immobilization	[11,19,34,38,49,52,54,58,100,106,107,109]
	Microbial selection	[24,37,70,71,89,91,96,101,109]
Process Improvement	Chemical addition	[11,17,18,20,22,23,27,28,33,38,39,40,44,48,49,52,59,63,69,72,73,78,80,82,83,84,94,98,99,100,102,103,106,107,111,112,114]
	Culture medium	[11,22,23,25,34,36,44,54,60,66,68,70,71,77,80,82,92,105,110,112,113,115]
	Biphasic system	[19,23,27,42,44,66,68,73,78,82,83,94,99,114]
	Operational mode or strategy	[13,14,16,44,45,50,79,101,104]
	Process variables	[22,23,36,54,59,64,80,86,112,113]
Metabolic Intermediates and Hormones	PS ** or Co *** conversion into intermediates	[6,15,19,20,21,22,25,26,32,33,37,39,40,41,50,55,61,65,69,71,72,73,74,75,79,84,95,96,97,101]
	Hormone production from PS **	[14,42,47,51,86,92,113]
Analytical Methods and others	Analytical methods	[12,67,88]
	Others	[76,108]

* Ks enzyme: The enzymes 3-ketosteroid-9α-hydroxylase (Ksh) and 3-ketosteroid-1-dehydrogenase (KstD); ** PS: phytosterol; *** Co: cholesterol.