NOVEL METHOD FOR CULTURING MICROORGANISM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLS OF MICROORGANISM HAVING NOVEL ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION, AND MICROORGANISM PRODUCED THEREBY

摘要

The objective of the present invention is to provide a microorganism which is novel at the level of elemental composition and to provide a technique for providing such a microorganism. The inventors have succeeded in having a microorganism efficiently contain a non-essential element by culturing the microorganism in a culture medium in which the content of one of the essential nutrient sources for the microorganism, namely the content of a C source, an N source, a P source or an S source is reduced and a compound X that contains the non-essential element as a constituent element is added so as to make up for the amount reduced.