Corynebacterium glutamicum

Corynebacterium glutamicum is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that is used industrially for large-scale production of amino acids,^[3][4] especially glutamic acid and lysine.^[5] 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.^[6]

Corynebacterium glutamicum
C. glutamicum under scanning electron microscopy.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Mycobacteriales
Family:	Corynebacteriaceae
Genus:	Corynebacterium
Species:	C. glutamicum
Binomial name
Corynebacterium glutamicum (Kinoshita et al. 1958) Abe et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)
Synonyms[1][2]
Brevibacterium divaricatum Su and Yamada 1960 (Approved Lists 1980) "Brevibacterium flavum" Okumura et al. 1962 Corynebacterium lilium Lee and Good 1963 (Approved Lists 1980) "Micrococcus glutamicus" Kinoshita et al. 1958

Due to its industrial importance, several clones of C. glutamicum have been sequenced by both industry and academic groups.^[5] Furthermore, small RNA data was obtained by RNA-Seq in C. glutamicum ATCC 13032.^[7] The metabolism of this strain has been reconstructed and is available in the form of a genome-scale metabolic model.^[8]

See also

• List of sequenced bacterial genomes