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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2009
Applicants:
Yuri Nagai, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuyuki Hayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Takuji Ueda, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshihiro Usuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiko Matsui, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Yuri Nagai, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuyuki Hayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Takuji Ueda, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshihiro Usuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiko Matsui, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 13/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An L-amino acid is produced by culturing a microorganism belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae having an L-amino acid-producing ability and modified so that glycerol dehydrogenase and dihydroxyacetone kinase activities are increased, in a medium containing glycerol as a carbon source to produce and accumulate an L-amino acid in the medium or cells, and collecting the L-amino acid from the medium or the cells.