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SUBMITTER: Li ZZ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3599690 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BMC genomics 20130227
<h4>Background</h4>As well known, both natural and synthetic steroidal compounds are powerful endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) which can cause reproductive toxicity and affect cellular development in mammals and thus are generally regarded as serious contributors to water pollution. Streptomyces virginiae IBL14 is an effective degradative strain for many steroidal compounds and can also catalyze the C25 hydroxylation of diosgenin, the first-ever biotransformation found on the F-ring of dios ...[more]