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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kuniki Kino, Chiba, JP;
Tetsuya Abe, Hofu, JP;
Assignee:
Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 ; C12P 1/304 ; C12P 1/324 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 ; C12P 1/304 ; C12P 1/324 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an industrially efficient method for producing an L-amino acid useful as medicament, chemical agent, food material and feed additive, and the method comprising culturing in a medium a microorganism having an ability to produce the L-amino acid and having resistance to a DNA gyrase inhibitor or a microorganism having an ability to produce the L-amino acid and having both resistance to a DNA gyrase inhibitor and resistance to an aminoquinoline derivative, producing and accumulating the L-amino acid therein and recovering the L-amino acid therefrom.