Form: 10-K405

Annual report [Sections 13 and 15(d), S-K Item 405]

October 29, 1997

CONSENT (ERNST & YOUNG)

Published on October 29, 1997



EXHIBIT 23


Consent of Independent Auditors



We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(Forms S-3, No. 333-15533, 33-58736, 33-60229, 33-78760, 33-72170, 33-68542 and
Forms S-8 No. 33-45348, 33-75466 and 33-88826) of Enzo Biochem, Inc. and in the
related Prospectus of our report dated October 10, 1997, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements and schedule of Enzo Biochem, Inc. included in
this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the fiscal year ended July 31, 1997.



/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Melville, New York
October 29, 1997


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