Table 1.
Summary of Characteristics of Corynebacteria
|
|
C. efficiens |
C. glutamicum |
C. diphtheriae |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper temperature limit for growth (°C) | 45 | 40 | — |
| Glutamate production at 32°C (%)a | 80 | 100 | — |
| Glutamate production at 37°C (%) | 78 | 40 | — |
| Genome size (bp) | 3,147,090 | 3,309,401 | 2,488,635 |
| GC content (%) | 63.4 | 53.8 | 53.5 |
|
Number of predicted genes
|
2950
|
3099
|
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|
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↵a Glutamate production in typical experiments using the biotin limitation method as a percent of the production by C. glutamicum at 32°C
