Patent ID: 7371557

Claim:
A biologically pure culture of a microorganism strain comprising all characteristics of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain selected from the group consisting of YA02032 and YA03083, which culture has a characteristic nature capable of producing glutathione and the precursor thereof, γ-glutamylcysteine; wherein YA02032 is deposited at the Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ), Mascheroder Weg 1b, D38124, Braunschweig, Germany under accession number DSM 17789, and YA03083 is deposited at the Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ), MascheroderWeg 1b, D38124, Braunschweig, Germany under accession number DSM 17790.