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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroko Kishino, Kawasaki, JP;
Masako Izui, Kawasaki, JP;
Yukiko Ono, Kawasaki, JP;
Hisao Ito, Kawasaki, JP;
Osamu Kurahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/308 ; C12P 1/306 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/308 ; C12P 1/306 ;
Abstract
A microorganism, which has an ability to produce L-amino acid, especially L-phenylalanine, L-tryptophane, L-tyrosine, L-threonine, or L-isoleucine, in which a phosphoenolpyruvate-producing ability is enhanced, is cultivated in a medium so that the L-amino acid is produced and accumulated in the medium to collect the L-amino acid.