| abstract |
A method for producing shikimic acid, comprisingnthe steps of cultivating a bacterium belonging to thengenus Bacillus which is deficient in shikimate kinasenactivity and has shikimic acid productivity, or anbacterium belonging to the genus Bacillus which isndeficient in 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphatensynthase activity and has shikimic acid productivity,nin an medium, producing and accumulating shikimic acidnin the medium, and collecting shikimic acid from thenmedium |