Process for the fermentative production of L-amino acids using coryneform bacteria

US6355454B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Degussa-Huels AG · DE

Inventors

• Achim Marx · Bielefeld, DE
• Bettina Mockel · Bielefeld, DE
• Walter Pfefferle · Bodenwerder, DE
• Hermann Sahm · Jülich, DE
• Albert De Graaf · Heerlen, NL
• Lothar Eggeling · Jülich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 3, 1999
• Grant date: Mar 12, 2002
• Expiry date: Jun 3, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Y104/01002
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to a process for the production of L-amino acids using coryneform bacteria, in which the glutamate dehydrogenase gene is amplified.