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Appl Environ Microbiol
; 47(5): 1167-8, 1984 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-6742831
ABSTRACT
Germfree rats biosynthetize cholic and beta-muricholic acids. The latter does not exist in humans. Germfree rats were given human fecal suspensions. These rats degraded cholic acid into deoxycholic acid but failed to metabolize beta-muricholic acid.