The present disclosure provides recombinant bacteria for production of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating diseases are also included.

The present invention relates to a recombinant bacterium genetically modified to produce anthranilic acid and being able to grow in a culture medium lacking tryptophan. It also relates to a method for producing anthranilic acid using said recombinant bacterium.

A biotechnological production of tryptophan and derivatives thereof, as well as a method for an enhanced microbial L-tryptophan synthesis. In one aspect the invention provides a bacterial cell being genetically modified to express anindole-3-glycerol phosphate synthase, IGPs, the IGPs being less sensitive to inhibition or even being activated by anthranilate compared to the wild type IGPs of the bacterial cell.

A biotechnological production of tryptophan and derivatives thereof, as well as a method for an enhanced microbial L-tryptophan synthesis. In one aspect the invention provides a bacterial cell being genetically modified to express anindole-3-glycerol phosphate synthase, IGPs, the IGPs being less sensitive to inhibition or even being activated by anthranilate compared to the wild type IGPs of the bacterial cell.

A proteinic biomass preparation comprising a non-native organism of the Clostridia class, which organism expresses (i) a modified aspartate kinase; (ii) a modified homoserine dehydrogenase; (iii) a modified homoserine kinase; (iv) a modified anthranilate synthase; (v) a functional lycopene pathway and the genes crtY, crtW, and crtZ; and/or (vi) a functional oleic acid pathway and the four gene operon (pfaABCD). Methods of producing proteinic biomass preparations are also described.

Provided herein are genome edited plants and plant parts that comprise increased amino acid content. In particular, the amino acids include tryptophan (Trp) and methionine (Met). Seed of the genome edited plants and plant parts can comprise increased Trp and/or Met. The genome edited plants and plant parts have genetic mutations in an anthranilate synthase gene including a gene encoding an alpha subunit of anthranilate synthase and/or a homocysteine S-methyltransferase gene. The genome edited plants and plant parts include soybean and pea. Also provided herein are compositions and methods of producing such plants and plant parts, and plant products including compositions comprising increased Trp and/or Met content.

The present invention provides a method for producing an aromatic compound such as salicylic acid and a derivative thereof with high productivity using a microorganism. The present invention provides: a method for producing a microorganism having a sugar metabolic pathway modified, including suppressing the expression of a gene encoding a phosphotransferase system enzyme of the microorganism, suppressing the expression of a gene encoding pyruvate kinase of the microorganism, and introducing, into the microorganism, one or more genes encoding an enzyme that enables the microorganism to synthesize an aromatic compound from chorismic acid or isochorismic acid; a modified microorganism obtained by the method; and a method for producing an aromatic compound and a derivative thereof, including culturing the microorganism, and recovering an aromatic compound or the like from the culture.

The present invention provides for a plant-growth-promoting rhizobacterium (PGPR) genetically modified such that the PGPR is capable of colonizing the root of a plurality of plant species, such as a plurality of crop plant species, wherein the genetically modified PGPR is enhanced in the capability to colonize the root of a plurality of plant species when compared to a wild-type or unmodified PGPR.