Microorganism resistant to threonine analogue and production of biotin
US6020173A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 19, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12P17/186
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A microorganism resistant to a threonine analogue, which has a plasmid containing part or whole of a biotin operon; and a process for producing biotin, which comprises culturing a microorganism described above in a medium to produce and accumulate biotin in the medium, and collecting biotin.
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