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Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012

Filed:

Oct. 23, 2006
Applicants:

Oskar Zelder, Speyer, DE;

Andrea Herold, Ludwigshafen, DE;

Corinna Klopprogge, Mannheim, DE;

Hartwig Schröder, Nussloch, DE;

Stefan Haefner, Speyer, DE;

Elmar Heinzle, Saarbruecken, DE;

Christoph Wittmann, Saarbruecken, DE;

Jens Kroemer, Riegelsberg, DE;

Janice G. Pero, Lexington, MA (US);

R. Rogers Yocum, Lexington, MA (US);

Thomas A. Patterson, North Attleboro, MA (US);

Mark Williams, Revere, MA (US);

Theron Herman, Kinnelon, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Oskar Zelder, Speyer, DE;

Andrea Herold, Ludwigshafen, DE;

Corinna Klopprogge, Mannheim, DE;

Hartwig Schröder, Nussloch, DE;

Stefan Haefner, Speyer, DE;

Elmar Heinzle, Saarbruecken, DE;

Christoph Wittmann, Saarbruecken, DE;

Jens Kroemer, Riegelsberg, DE;

Janice G. Pero, Lexington, MA (US);

R. Rogers Yocum, Lexington, MA (US);

Thomas A. Patterson, North Attleboro, MA (US);

Mark Williams, Revere, MA (US);

Theron Herman, Kinnelon, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Evonik Degussa GmbH, Essen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 13/12 (2006.01); C12N 9/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 1/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention relates to microorganisms and processes for the efficient preparation of L-amino acids such as L-methionine. In particular, the present invention relates to microorganisms and processes in which the formation and/or accumulation of homolanthionine in the methionine pathway is reduced and/or prevented.


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