Method for producing amino acids by culturing hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria
AssigneeAjinomoto Co., Inc.
InventorsYasushi Morinaga, Ayaaki Ishizaki, Shin-ichiro Otsuka
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Abstract
Amino acids are produced by culturing hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria of the genus Arthrobacter, Brevibacterium and Mycobacterium in an aqueous culture medium in the presence of oxygen, hydrogen and carbon dioxide.
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A method for producing amino acids which comprises culturing a microorganism selected from the group consisting of brevibacterium sp. FERM P-2234, mycobacterium sp. FERM P-2235, arthrobacter sp. FERM P-2638, alcaligenes eutrophus ATCC 17697, pseudomonas facilis ATCC 11228 and pseudomonas ruhlaudii ATCC 15749 in an aqueous culture medium containing at least a nitrogen source and inorganic salt and in the presence of oxygen, hydrogen and carbon dioxide, and recovering the resulting produced amino acids from the culture medium.
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