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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Koji Magota, Takatsuki, JP;
Tomohiro Rogi, Takatsuki, JP;
Yasuyoshi Sakai, Ohtsu, JP;
Nobuo Kato, Kameoka, JP;
Assignee:
Suntory Limited, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/02 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method for culturing microorganisms having a methanol metabolic pathway in which an expression unit is introduced that comprises a target gene linked downstream from a promoter that can be induced by methanol; wherein, during the culturing period, and including the period during which methanol is continuously or periodically added, the rate of addition is adjusted to a rate equal to or less than the maximum methanol consumption rate of said microorganisms.