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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2008
Applicants:
Masaru Terashita, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshihiro Usuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiko Matsui, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 13/04 (2006.01); C12P 13/06 (2006.01); C12P 13/08 (2006.01); C12P 13/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microorganism is provided which has an ability to produce an L-amino acid such as L-lysine, L-tryptophan, L-phenylalanine, L-valine, L-leucine, L-isoleucine and L-serine, and has been modified to increase the activity of pyruvate synthase or pyruvate:NADPoxidoreductase. This microorganism is cultured in a medium containing ethanol or an aliphatic acid as the carbon source to produce and accumulate the L-amino acid in the medium or cells, and the L-amino acid is collected from the medium or the cells.