In the framework of JST’s ALCA program on white biotechnology”, the two groups have used metabolic engineering of genome-reduced mutants of B. subtilis and have achieved about 30 % higher yields of both products.”
JSBBA Sapporo, Poster 2F206, 2F207, March 29, 2016
Kao Corp and NAIST use genome-reduced B. subtilis for polyglutamic acid and dipicolinic acid production