A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of
Science, University of' the Witwatersrand, in
partial fulfilment of the requirements of the
Degree of Master of Science in the field ·of
Biotechnology.
February 1991.Nocardioform bacteria were studied for their
ability to interconvert bile acids. From the
studies of utilisation and resistance curves,
the most suitable donor and recipient strains
for complementary gene cloning, were
Arthrobacter oxydans strain C1 and Rhodococcus
erythropolis strain ATCC 4217-1 respectively. [Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version]MT201