Patent ID: 8071365

Claim:
A genetically modified microorganism, wherein the microorganism comprises a construct comprising (1) a nucleic acid having promoter activity selected from the group consisting of a) the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; and b) a nucleotide sequence having at least 98% identity to the entire nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; and (2) one or more nucleic acids to be transcribed in the microorganism, wherein the one or more nucleic acids is heterologous and functionally linked to the nucleic acid having promoter activity; where the microorganism is Corynebacterium glutamicum , and where transcription of the one or more nucleic acids results in increasing the transcription rate or causes transcription of the one or more nucleic acids in the modified microorganism compared with a corresponding wild type microorganism.