Patent 7211416 was granted and assigned to AJINOMOTO CO., INC. on May, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
L-Lysine is produced by culturing a methanol-utilizing bacterium which requires L-methionine for its growth and has an ability to produce L-lysine in a medium containing methanol as a main carbon source to produce and accumulate L-lysine in culture and collecting the L-lysine from the culture.