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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an L-amino acid-producing bacterium by developing a new technique for improving the L-amino acid-producing ability of a bacterium: and to provide a method for producing the L-amino acid with the bacterium. <P>SOLUTION: The method for producing the L-amino acid comprises: culturing, in a culture medium, a bacterium having an ability for producing the amino acid such as L-cysteine, modified to hold yeaS gene having a specific mutation, and belonging to Enterobacteriaceae to produce and accumulate the L-amino acid in the culture medium; and then collecting the L-amino acid from the culture medium. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT |