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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1980
Frank F Hill, Mettmann-Obschwarzbach, DE;
Joachim Schindler, Hilden, DE;
Rolf Schmid, Dusseldorf, DE;
Wolfgang Preuss, Monheim, DE;
Alfred Struve, Hilden, DE;
Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien, Dusseldorf, DE;
Abstract
For the production of 17-C-steroid-.alpha.-propionic acid compounds by microbial side chain degradation on 17-C-side chain steroid substrates wild strain microorganisms selected in predetermined manner are subjected to a multi-stage mutation and selection. The resultant mutant strains are capable of supplying the desired compounds, e.g. .DELTA.-4 BNC and/or .DELTA.-1,4 BNC in high yields even in the absence of inhibitors arresting the growth and/or degradation of the steroid ring. Wild strains and mutants particularly suitable, and their choice, production and use, are described.