Screening of compactin-resistant microorganisms capable of converting compactin to pravastatin

Current Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 108-112

  Chen, Chao Hsien ^a,c   Hu, Hui Yu ^b   Cho, Yen Ching ^c   Hsu, Wen Hwei ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; AGAR; COMPACTIN; MANNITOL; PRAVASTATIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROXYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMOCARDIA AUTOTROPHICA; STREPTOMYCES GRISEOLUS;

BACTERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA; HYDROXYLATION; LOVASTATIN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PRAVASTATIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES GRISEOLUS;

EID: 33746710955     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-0276-7     Document Type: Article

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