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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2002
Applicants:
Wataru Hibino, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhiko Yoshihara, Kawasaki, JP;
Masakazu Sugimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Harufumi Miwa, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Wataru Hibino, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhiko Yoshihara, Kawasaki, JP;
Masakazu Sugimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Harufumi Miwa, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P013/14 ; C12N001/20 ; C12N015/00 ; C12N009/00 ; C07H021/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A coryneform bacterium which has enhanced intracellular pyruvate carboxylase activity obtained by increasing copy number of a gene encoding the intracellular pyruvate carboxylase, or by enhancing function of a expression regulatory sequence for the gene, and has L-glutamic acid-producing ability is cultured in a medium so that L-glutamic acid should be produced and accumulated in the culture, and L-glutamic acid is collected from the culture.