Abstract l-Amino acids find various applications in biotechnology. l-Glutamic acid and its
salts are used as flavor enhancers. Other l-amino acids are used as food or feed additives …

Green chemical production by microbial processes is critical for the development of a
sustainable society in the twenty-first century. Among the important industrial …

Fermentative production of amino acids is an important goal of modern biotechnology.
Through fermentation, micro-organisms growing on inexpensive carbon and nitrogen …

In the 1950s Corynebacterium glutamicum was found to be a very efficient producer of l-
glutamic acid. Since this time biotechnological processes with bacteria of the species …

During the half century following its discovery, the l-glutamate-producing microorganism
Corynebacterium glutamicum has played a leading role in the amino acid fermentation …

Highlights•Corynebacterium glutamicum has been used for many applications beyond
amino acids.•Economical, high-quality genome assemblies foster development of non-type …

For almost 50 years now, biotechnological production processes have been used for
industrial production of amino acids. Market development has been particularly dynamic for …

Abstract l-glutamate family amino acids (GFAAs), consisting of l-glutamate, l-arginine, l-
citrulline, l-ornithine, l-proline, l-hydroxyproline, γ-aminobutyric acid, and 5-aminolevulinic …

Bio-based production of industrially important chemicals provides an eco-friendly alternative
to current petrochemical-based processes. Because of the limited supply of fossil fuel …

Amino acid production processes with Corynebacterium glutamicum are based on media
containing glucose from starch hydrolysis or fructose and sucrose as present in molasses …