Bacterial 7-dehydroxylation of cholic acid and allocholic acid

An obligate anaerobic organism capable of dehydroxylating cholic acid to deoxycholic acid and allocholic acid to allodeoxycholic acid was isolated from feces of the rabbit. It was a member of the bacteroides group (Gram-variable, nonsporulating anaerobes). The growth of the organism was inhibited by...

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Main Authors: Victor Bokkenheuser, Takahiko Hoshita, Erwin H. Mosbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1969-07-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520430706