Exhibit 23.1


                           CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP


We consent  to  the  reference  to  our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration  Statement (Form S-3, No. 33-00000) and related Prospectus of Enzo
Biochem, Inc. for the registration of 494,928 shares of its common stock and to
the  incorporation  by  reference therein of our report dated October 20, 1994,
with  respect  to  the consolidated  financial  statements  and  schedules  and
Enzo  Biochem, Inc. included  in  its  Annual  Report  (Form 10-K) for the year
ended July 31, 1994, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                                     Ernst & Young LLP
Melville, New York
June 12, 1995