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SUBMITTER: Elsayed EA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7150710 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Elsayed Elsayed Ahmed EA Ahmed Abdelwahed Nayera N
BioMed research international 20200331
Cholesterol oxidase is an alcohol oxidoreductase flavoprotein with wide biotechnological applications. The current work describes the isolation of a potential cholesterol oxidase producing streptomycete from Egyptian soil. The isolated strain produced cholesterol oxidase in submerged culture using a medium containing glucose, yeast extract, malt extract, and CaCO<sub>3</sub> with the addition of cholesterol as an inducer. The isolated strain was identified as <i>Streptomyces rochei</i> NAM-19 ba ...[more]