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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2003
Applicants:
Yukiko Ishikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Imaizumi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiko Matsui, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Kojima, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Yukiko Ishikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Imaizumi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiko Matsui, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Kojima, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/04 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method for producing a target substance utilizing a microorganism, which comprises culturing a γ-proteobacterium in a medium to produce and accumulate the target substance in the medium or cells and collecting the target substance, there is used a strain in which the ArcA protein does not normally function in the cell by means of, for example, disruption of the arcA gene on the chromosome.