Formation of Desthiobiotin from Oleic Acid by Brevibacterium sp

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Microbial formation of biotin-vitamers from oleic acid was investigated. Many strains of bacteria which were able to utilize oleic acid as a sole carbon source were isolated from soils and other natural materials. Among these bacteria, some strains formed a biotinvitamer from oleic acid in the culture broth during the cultivation. The vitamer was purified from the culture broth of strain No. 23, and identified as desthiobiotin by chromatographical and biological methods.
From the results of investigation on the taxonomical characteristics, the bacterial strain No. 23 was assumed to be Brevibacterium sp.