Patent ID: 8435763
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: C12P

Abstract:
1. A process for producing a complex carbohydrate, which comprises: selecting, as enzyme sources, (a) a culture of a microorganism belonging to the genus allowing the enzyme sources, the nucleotide precursor, the sugar and the complex carbohydrate precursor to be present in an aqueous medium to form and accumulate the complex carbohydrate in the aqueous medium; and recovering the complex carbohydrate from the aqueous medium, wherein the sugar nucleotide is a uridine diphosphate compound, a guanosine diphosphate compound or a cytidine monophosphate compound, and wherein the treated product of culture is a concentrated product of the culture, a dried product of the culture, cells obtained by centrifuging the culture, a dried product of the cells, a freeze-dried product of the cells, a surfactant-treated product of the cells, a solvent-treated product of the cells, an enzyme-treated product of the cells, or an immobilized product of the cells.