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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 1985
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masayasu Bunno, Nagareyama, JP;
Tsutomu Sugiura, Kurashiki, JP;
Masao Tsuji, Kurashiki, JP;
Hidemi Harada, Kurashiki, JP;
Yoshihiro Ichihara, Kurashiki, JP;
Assignee:
Kuraray Co., Ltd., Kurashiki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12N / ; C12R / ; C12R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 61 ; 4351721 ; 435874 ; 435829 ;
Abstract
A microbial process for producing 12.alpha.-hydroxypregna-1,4-dien-3-one-20.alpha.-carboxylic acid or a salt thereof which comprises cultivating a microbe of the species Pseudomonas arvilla or the genus Alcaligenes, e.g. Alcaligenes faecalis, which is capable of producing 12.alpha.-hydroxypregna-1,4-dien-3-one-20.alpha.-carboxylic acid or a salt thereof by utilizing deoxycholic acid or a salt thereof as a substrate, in a culture medium containing the substrate and collecting the resulting compound.