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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2000
Chiaki Saitoh, Ami-machi, JP;
Atsushi Yashiro, Ami-machi, JP;
Chikara Tokunaga, Ami-machi, JP;
Kyoko Ozawa, Miho-mura, JP;
Atsuko Yokoi, Tsukuba, JP;
Nobuo Ogata, Tsuchiura, JP;
Hiroshi Katahira, Akeno-machi, JP;
Keiko Ochiai, Ebina, JP;
Katsuhiko Ando, Machida, JP;
Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A flavoring solution for making pickles having a flavor of foods pickled in rice bran paste, a clear bran pickles flavoring solution, processes for producing the flavoring solutions, a process for producing lactones which are essential components of the flavoring solutions, and a bacterium belonging to the genus Corynebacterium which is useful for producing a lactone are disclosed. The bacterium is preferably Corynebacterium sp. NK-1 (FERM BP-6329). The lactone is preferably a &ggr; lactone.