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SUBMITTER: Liu C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4399429 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Chao C Zhang Xian X Rao Zhi-ming ZM Shao Ming-long ML Zhang Le-le LL Wu Dan D Xu Zheng-hong ZH Li Hui H
Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B 20150401 4
Steroid medication is used extensively in clinical applications and comprises a large and vital part of the pharmaceutical industry. However, the difficulty of separating 4-androstene-3,17-dione (AD) from 1,4-androstadiene-3,17-dione (ADD) restricts the application of the microbial transformation of phytosterols in the industry. A novel atmospheric and room temperature plasma (ARTP) treatment, which employs helium as the working gas, was used to generate Mycobacterium neoaurum mutants producing ...[more]