2. Chemical Pathways of Corticosteroids, Industrial Synthesis from Sapogenins Ignacio Herráiz
3. Genome Sequencing of Steroid Producing Bacteria with Illumina Technology Victoria Y. Shtratnikova, Mikhail I. Schelkunov, and marina V. Donova
4. Genome Sequencing of Steroid Producing Bacteria using Ion Torrent Technology and a Reference Genome Alberto Sola-Landa, Antonio Rodríguez-García, Carlos Barreiro, and Rosario Pérez-Redondo
5. RNA-Seq-Based Comparative Transcriptomics: RNA Preparation and Bioinformatics Antonio Rodríguez-García, Alberto Sola-Landa, and Carlos Barreiro
6. Intra- and Extra-Cellular Proteome Analyses of Steroid-Producer Mycobacteria Carlos Barreiro, Alejandro Morales, Inés Vázquez-Iglesias, and Alberto Sola-Landa
7. Genetic Techniques for Manipulation of the Phytosterol Biotransformation Strain Mycobacteriumneoaurum NRRL B-3805 Jessica K. Loraine and Margaret C. M. Smith
8. Identification and Characterization of the genes and Enzymes Belonging to the Bile Acid Catabolic Pathway in Pseudomonas José M. Luengo and Elias R. Olivera
9. Selection of Biodegrading Phytosterol Strains María-Angélica Mondaca, Maricel Vidal, Soledad Chamorro, and Gladys Vidal
10. Stigmasterol Removal by an Aerobic Treatment System Soledad Chamorro, Claudia Xavier, Víctor Hernández, José Becerra, and Gladys Vidal
11. Production and Biotransformation of Phytosterol Microdispersions to Produce 4-Androstene-3, 17-Dione Rodrigo A. Mancilla, Roberto Pavez-Díaz, and Andrea Muñoz-Orrego
12. Β-Sitosterol Bioconversion to Androstenedione in Microtiter Plates Marco P.C. Marques and Pedro Fernandez
13. Bioconversion of Phytosterols into Androstenedione by Mycobacterium Kjell D. Josefsen, Anna Nordborg, and Håvard Sletta
14. Scale-Up of Phytosterols Bioconversion into Androstenedione Sonia Martínez-Cámara, Esther Bahíllo, José-Luis Barredo, and Marta Rodríguez-Sáiz
15. Bioconversion of Phytosterols into Androstadienedione by Mycobacterium smegmatis CECT 8331 Julia García-Fernández, Igor Martínez, Lorena Fernández-Cabezón, Carmen Felpeto-Santero, José-Luis García, and Beatriz Galán
16. Process for Biotransformation of Androsta-4-ene-3, 17-Dione (4-AD) to Androsta-1, 4-Diene-3, 17-Dione (ADD) Surya Prakash and Abhay Bajaj
17. Laboratory-Scale Hydroxylation of Steroids by P450BM3 Variants Sabrina Hoebenreich, Martin Spinck, and Nathalie Nett
18. Obtaining of 11α-Hydroxy and Rost-4-ene-3, 17-Dione from Natural Sterols Dmitry Dovbnya, Sergey Khomutov, Vyacheslav Kollerov, Marina Donova
19. Steroid 11-Alfa-Hydroxylation by the Fungi Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus ochraceus Lidia Ortega-de los Ríos, José M. Luengo, and José M. Fernández-Cañón
20. Biotransformation of DHEA into 7α, 15α-diOH-DHEA Hui Li, Jin Sun, and Zhenghong Xu
21. Stabilization of Enzymes by Using Thermophiles Ana-Luisa Ribeiro, Mercedes Sánchez, Aurelio Hidalgo, and José Berenguer
22. Biocatalysis of Steroids with Mycobacterium Sp. in Aqueous and Organic Media Carla C. C. R. de Carvalho and Pedro Fernandes
23. Downstream Process Synthesis for Microbial Steroids Fabian B. Thygs and Juliane Merz
24. Analysis of Intermediates of Steroid Transformations in Resting Cells by Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) Govinda Guevara, Julián Perera, and Juana-María Navarro-Llorens
25. A Ligand-Binding Assay to Measure the Affinity and Specificity of Sterol-Binding Proteins In Vitro Rabih Darwiche and Roger Schneiter
This volume provides practical experimental laboratory protocols for a wide range of steroid bioconversions. The chapters in this book cover topics such as bioconversions and chemical synthesis pathways; strain characterization; bioconversion from sterols to androstenedione and androstadienedione; steroid hydroxylations; biocatalysis; and downstream processes to purify steroid intermediates. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Comprehensive and thorough, Microbial Steroids: Methods and Protocols is a valuable resource for laboratory and industrial professionals. It is also useful for graduate students studying biotechnology, microbiology, genetics, and molecular biology.