Micrococcus Glutamicus Patents (Class 435/861)
  • Patent number: 5013656
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for producing orotic acid, the process involves culturing in a medium a microorganism of the genus Corynebacterium which is capable of producing orotic acid and has resistance to a pyrimidine analogue or to both a pyrimidine analogue and a sulfa drug, until orotic acid is accumulated in the culture, and recovering orotic acid therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Takayama, Tomoko Matsunaga