Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.

Haruo Momose

Kiyoshi Miwa

Takayasu Tsuchida

Shigeru Nakamori

Masaaki Ishida

Mahito Terabe

Konosuke Sano

Hiroshi Matsui

Osamu Kurahashi

Yoshio Hirose

A substantially pure plasmid which is characterized by a molecular weight of 3.0.+-.0.1 megadalton and the restriction endonuclease-cleavage map shown in the Figure. This plasmid is capable of propagating in Corynebacteria and due to its size is useful as a vector for the cloning of exogenous genes.

Plasmid

An L-lysine producing microorganism which is constructed by incorporation into a recipient strain of the genus Brevibacterium or Corynebacterium of a hybrid plasmid having inserted therein a DNA fragment which is derived from a donor strain of the genus Brevibacterium or Corynebacterium and which controls resistance to S-(2-aminoethyl)-cysteine and productivity of L-lysine, is useful for the production of high levels of L-lysine by fermentation.

Method for producing L-lysine by fermentation

An L-arginine producing microorganism which is constructed by transforming into a recipient strain of the genus Escherichia of a vector having inserted therein an arg A gene derived from a chromosomal DNA of the genus Escherichia, is useful for the production of high levels of L-arginine by fermentation.

Method for producing L-arginine by fermentation

An L-glutamic acid producing microorganism which is constructed by incorporation into a recipient strain of the genus Brevibacterium or Corynebacterium of a hybrid plasmid having inserted therein a DNA fragment with genetic information related to L-glutamic acid production which is derived from a donor strain of the genus Brevibacterium or Corynebacterium, is useful for the production of high levels of L-glutamic acid by fermentation.

Method for producing L-glutamic acid by fermentation

A streptomycin dependent mutant of a microorganism of the genus Escherichia which contains a plasmid containing genetic information controlling streptomycin independence maintains its properties when cultured in a medium devoid of streptomycin. The plasmid may also contain genetic information controlling the production of a chemical compound by the microorganism. Fermentation cultures of such microorganisms in media devoid of streptomycin do not lose their industrially desirable ability to synthesize useful compounds.

Method for stabilizing the characteristics of microorganism containing a

L-threonine is produced by incorporating into a recipient microorganism of the genus Escherichia which does not require L-threonine for growth, a plasmid, in which a deoxyribonucleic acid fragment which possesses genetic information relating to L-threonine synthesis obtained from a mutant resistant to .alpha.-amino-.beta.-hydroxy valeric acid of the genus Escherichia, has been inserted.

Method for producing L-threonine by fermentation

Microorganisms of the genus Brevibacterium or Corynebacterium which resist feedback inhibition by leucine or its analogs and require at least one of isoleucine, threonine or methionine as a growth nutriment, produce L-leucine under aerobic culture conditions.

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Haruo Momose