Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.

Yuri Uehara

Kenji Abe

Mika Moriya

Ryo Takeshita

Miku Toyazaki

Kazuteru Yamada

Keiko Noguchi

Naoki Iwanaga

Chika Hikichi

Ye Zhang

Yasuhiro Oota

A method for producing an L-amino acid such as L-lysine is provided. An L-amino acid is produced by culturing a bacterium having an L-amino acid-producing ability, which has been modified so that the activity of a carotenoid biosynthesis enzyme is increased, in a medium, and collecting the L-amino acid from the medium.

Method of producing an l-amino acid involving a carotenoid biosynthesis enzyme

A method for producing of an L-amino acid is provided. An L-amino acid is produced by culturing a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae and having an L-amino acid-producing ability, which has been modified so that the acpP-fabF operon is attenuated, in a medium, and collecting the L-amino acid from the medium or cells of the bacterium.

Method for producing L-amino acid

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yuri Uehara