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Microbiological Degradation of Cholic Acid

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FOR the microbiological oxidation of cholic acid, two possible pathways different from that found in A. faecalis1 or E. coli2 can be suggested.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama

    SHOHEI HAYAKAWA & TAKAO FUJII

  2. First Bacteriological Division, Institute for Infectious Disease, University of Tokyo,

    YASUO SABURI

  3. Department of Bacteriology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama

    TAKEO EGUCHI

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HAYAKAWA, S., FUJII, T., SABURI, Y. et al. Microbiological Degradation of Cholic Acid. Nature 179, 537–538 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179537a0

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