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A LARGE number of bacteria are known to dehydrogenate the secondary alcohol group of the steroid molecule, at carbon 3 and 17 1 and also in position 7 and 12 2.
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SHIRASAKA, M., TAKASAKI, R. & TSURUTA, M. Microbiological 11β-Hydroxy Dehydrogenation of Corticosterone. Nature 186, 390–391 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186390a0
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