''Corynebacterium glutamicum'' is a

Gram-positive In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall. The Gram stain is ...

rod-shaped Bacterial cellular morphologies are the shapes that are characteristic of various types of bacteria and often key to their identification. Their direct examination under a light microscope enables the classification of these bacteria (and archae ...

bacterium Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among the ...

that is used industrially for large-scale production of

amino acids Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups. Although over 500 amino acids exist in nature, by far the most important are the Proteinogenic amino acid, 22 α-amino acids incorporated into p ...

, especially glutamic acid and lysine. 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. Due to its industrial importance, several clones of ''C. glutamicum'' have been sequenced by both industry and academic groups. Furthermore, small RNA data was obtained by RNA-Seq in ''C. glutamicum'' ATCC 13032. The

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of this strain has been reconstructed and is available in the form of a genome-scale metabolic model.

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Genome sequence for ''C. glutamicum''
from NCBI.
Type strain of ''Corynebacterium glutamicum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
{{Authority control Gram-positive bacteria Corynebacterium

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