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    Bioconversion of compactin into pravastatin by Streptomyces sp.

    Streptomyces sp. Y-110, isolated from soil, modified compactin to pravastatin, a therapeutic agent for hypercholesterolemia. In a batch culture, the highest production of pravastatin was 340 mg l−1 from 750 mg c...

    Joo-Woong Park, Joo-Kyung Lee, Tae-Jong Kwon, Dong-Hee Yi in Biotechnology Letters (2003)

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    Extracellular production of a glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid, from Candida antarctica

    Candida antarctica (sp. SY16) required avegetable oil as the carbon source to produce a biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid (MEL-SY16). Biosurfactant production was 31 g l−1 after 7 days in a batch culture a...

    Hee-Sik Kim, Jong-Woon Jeon, Hong-Won Lee, Yong-Il Park in Biotechnology Letters (2002)

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    Expression of sfp gene and hydrocarbon degradation by Bacillus subtilis

    Bacillus subtilis C9 produces a lipopeptide-type biosurfactant, surfactin, and rapidly degrades alkanes up to a chain length of C19. The nucleotide sequence of the sfp gene cloned from B. subtilis C9 was determi...

    Hee-Sik Kim, Seong-Bin Kim, Seung-Hwan Park, Hee-Mock Oh in Biotechnology Letters (2000)