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Biodegradation of lantadene A, the pentacyclic triterpenoid hepatotoxin by Pseudomonas pickettii
O P Sharma1, R K Dawra, A K Datta
1Biochemistry Laboratory, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Palampur, India.
Letters in Applied Microbiology
|April 1, 1997
Abstract:
A bacterial strain capable of biodegradation of lantadene A (22 beta-angeloyloxy-3-oxoolean-12-en-28-oic acid) has been isolated from soil using lantadene A as the sole carbon source. The organism is rod shaped, Gram negative, motile and has been identified as Pseudomonas pickettii. This is the first report of the biodegradation of a pentacyclic triterpenoid.