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Process for the production of 17-oxosteroids via the fermentative oxidation of 17.beta.-hydroxysteroids by Mycobacterium

US5472854A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

SCHERING CORPORATION · US

Inventors

Alfred Weber · Wien, AT
Mario Kennekke · Berlin, DE
Uwe Klages · Berlin, DE
Klaus Nickisch · Berlin, DE
Ralph Rohde · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 17, 1993
Grant date	Dec 5, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 17, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S435/865
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for the production of 17-oxosteroids by fermentative oxidation of 17.beta.-hydroxy steroids is described, which is characterized in that for the fermentation, a bacterial culture of the species Mycobacterium spec. NRRL B-3805, Mycobacterium spec. NRRL B-3683, Mycobacterium phlei NRRL B-8154 or Mycobacterium fortuitum NRRL B-8153 is used.

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