| Corynebacterium glutamicum | |
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| C. glutamicum under scanning electron microscopy. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetes |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Corynebacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Corynebacterium |
| Species: | C. glutamicum |
| Binomial name | |
| Corynebacterium glutamicum (Kinoshita et al. 1958) Abe et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) | |
| Synonyms [1] [2] | |
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Corynebacterium glutamicum is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that is used industrially for large-scale production of amino acids, [3] [4] especially glutamic acid and lysine. [5] While originally identified in a screen for organisms secreting L-glutamate, mutants of C. glutamicum have also been identified that produce various other amino acids and derivatives of amino acids. [6]
Due to its industrial importance, several clones of C. glutamicum have been sequenced by both industry and academic groups. [5] Furthermore, small RNA data was obtained by RNA-Seq in C. glutamicum ATCC 13032. [7] The metabolism of this strain has been reconstructed and is available in the form of a genome-scale metabolic model. [8]
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