Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.

Isamu Shiio

Shinichi Sugimoto

Kazue Kawamura

Atsushi Yokota

Yasuhiko Toride

A process for the production of L-threonine, comprising cultivating a mutant bacterial species belonging to the genus Brevibacterium from which dihydrodipicolinate synthase has been deleted or removed in a liquid medium; accumulating the L-threonine as a product of cultivation; and harvesting the L-threonine from the culture medium.

Process for the production of L-threonine by fermentation

A method for producing L-tryptophan by fermentation which comprises aerobically culturing in a culture medium a mutant of the genus Corynebacterium or genus Brevibacterium which is resistant to sulfaguanidine and capable of producing L-tryptophan, and recovering the L-tryptophan which has accumulated in the culture medium.

Process for the production of L-tryptophan using

A method for producing L-tryptophan by fermentation, which comprises, culturing aerobically in a culture medium a mutant of the genus Brevibacterium which is resistant to azaserine and tryptophan analogue and capable of producing L-tryptophan, and recovering the L-tryptophan which accumulates in the culture medium.

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Kamakura, Japan

Isamu Shiio