BACTERIAL STRAINS AND FERMENTATION PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 2-KETO-L-GULONIC ACID - Patent 1278879

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EP 1 278 879 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	29.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/05

(21)	Application number: 00928775.6

(22)	Date of filing: 04.05.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C12P 7/60, C12N 1/20

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0012/037

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0108/3798 (08.11.2001 Gazette 2001/45)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

(71)	Applicant: Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
	Decatur, Illinois 62525 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	LIAW, Hungming, J. Champaign, IL 61821 (US) KOWZIC, Robert, L., Jr. Decatur, IL 62521 (US) EDDINGTON, John, M. Decatur, IL 62521 (US) YANG, Yuequin Decatur, IL 62521 (US)

(74)	Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & SchwanhäusserAnwaltssozietät
	Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München 80538 München (DE)

(54)	BACTERIAL STRAINS AND FERMENTATION PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 2-KETO-L-GULONIC ACID