piPreface...bbr Table of Contents...br bContributing Authors... p ib1. Steroid Bioconversionsbr bMarina V. Donova p b2. Chemical Pathways of Corticosteroids, Industrial Synthesis from Sapogeninsbr bIgnacio Herriz p b3. Genome Sequencing of Steroid Producing Bacteria with Illumina Technologybr bVictoria Y. Shtratnikova, Mikhail I. Schelkunov, and marina V. Donova p b4. Genome Sequencing of Steroid Producing Bacteria using Ion Torrent Technology and a Reference Genomebr bAlberto Sola-Landa, Antonio Rodrguez-Garca, Carlos Barreiro, and Rosario Prez-Redondo p b5. RNA-Seq-Based Comparative Transcriptomics RNA Preparation and Bioinformaticsbr bAntonio Rodrguez-Garca, Alberto Sola-Landa, and Carlos Barreiro p b6. Intra- and Extra-Cellular Proteome Analyses of Steroid-Producer Mycobacteriabr bCarlos Barreiro, Alejandro Morales, Ins Vzquez-Iglesias, and Alberto Sola-Landa p b7. Genetic Techniques for Manipulation of the Phytosterol Biotransformation Strain iMycobacteriumneoaurum iNRRL B-3805br