Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.

Yoshitaka Nishimoto

Takayasu Tsuchida

Takuya Kotani

Katsuo Iizumi

Haruo Uchibori

Yutaka Murakami

A method of producing trehalose, in which a microorganism belonging to the genus Brevibacterium, Corynebacterium, Microbacterium or Arthrobacter and having the ability to produce trehalose is incubated in a liquid medium containing sucrose or maltose as an essential carbon source and the trehalose produced and accumulated in the culture is collected therefrom. Trehalose is produced inexpensively and efficiently by industrial mass-production.

Method of producing trehalose by microorganisms which can produce

A method for increasing .beta.-tyrosinase activity in Erwinia herbicola is disclosed. The activity is increased by culturing the microorganism until it reaches stationary phase and maintaining the stationary phase for a period of 6 to 24 hours while maintaining the pH between 7.0 and 8.3.

Method for increasing beta-tyrosinase activity in Erwinia herbicola

The present invention relates to improved methods for producing L-3, 4-dihydroxyphenylalanine from catechol, pyruvic acid and ammonium ion, or catechol and L-serine, by utilizing .beta.-tyrosinase activity of a microorganism which belongs to the genus Erwinia. According to the method of the present invention, L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine can be produced at a lower cost and higher efficiency as compared with that in the conventional method.

Method for producing L-3, 4-dihydroxyphenyalanine by Erwinia having

A process for producing L-ornithine by fermentation which comprises culturing a L-ornithine-producing microorganism is disclosed. The microorganism used belongs to the genus Brevibacterium, Corynebacterium, or Arthrobacter, has auxotrophy for arginine and/or citrulline, and has resistance to microphenolic acid and/or ornithinol.

Growing community of inventors

Kawasaki, Japan

Yoshitaka Nishimoto