The present invention provides a microorganism for producing a
2'-deoxyribonucleoside. In particular, the microorganism of the present
invention is transformed with a gene encoding a ribonucleotide reductase
and in which 2'-deoxyribonucleoside degradation activity is decreased or
eliminated by disrupting a gene encoding a purine nucleoside
phosphorylase on chromosomal DNA.