Review Article

Fermentative Succinate Production: An Emerging Technology to Replace the Traditional Petrochemical Processes

Table 2

Overview of metabolic engineering strategies to improve succinate production using different microorganisms.

StrainsGenotypesCulture strategiesSuccinate productionReferences

Escherichia coli

SBS110MGΔadhE, ΔldhA, expression of Lactococcus lactis pyc Batch15.6 g/L, 1.3 mol/mol glucose[32]
NZN111ΔpflB, ΔldhA Fed-batch28.2 g/L, 1.13 mol/mol glucose[33]
AFP111ΔldhA, ΔptsG Batch0.88 mol/mol glucose[34]
W3110GFAΔptsG, ΔpykF, ΔpykA Batch17.35 mM[35]
QZ1111ΔptsG, ΔpoxB, Δpta, ΔsdhA, ΔiclR Batch1.45 mmol/(g·h)[36]
HL27659kΔsdhAB, ΔackA-pta, ΔpoxB, ΔiclR, ΔptsG Fed-batch0.91 mol/mol glucose[37]
KJ073ΔldhA, ΔadhE, ΔackA, ΔfocA-pflB, ΔmgsA, ΔpoxB Batch1.2 mol/mol glucose[38]
JCL1208overexpression of native ppc Batch10.7 g/L[39]
xz320ΔackA, ΔldhA, ΔadhE, ΔpflB, ΔmgsA, ΔpoxB, Δppc Fed-batch348 mM[40]
LS1ΔldhA, overexpression of native mae Batch2.34 g/L[41]
NZN111ΔpflB, ΔldhA, overexpression of native mdh Fed-batch15.2 g/L[42]
NZN111ΔpflB, ΔldhA, overexpression of native mae and fum Batch7 g/L[43]
SBS990MGΔadhE, ΔldhA, Δpta-ackA, expression of Lactococcus lactis pyc Batch1.7 mol/mol glucose[44]
NZN111ΔpflB, ΔldhA, overexpression of native pncB Fed-batch18.3 g/L[45]
K-12ppc Δppc, expression of Actinobacillus succinogenes pck Batch26.4 mM[46]

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

AH22ura3Δsdh1, Δsdh2, Δidh1, Δidp1 Batch3.62 g/L, 0.11 mol/mol glucose[16]
DFRDSΔOSM1, ΔFRDS Batch130 μmol/(h·g dry cells)[47]
8DΔsdh, Δser3/ser33, Overexpression of native icl1 Batch0.9 g/L[48]

Corynebacterium glutamicum

BL-1Δsdh, Δpta-ackA, Δpqo, Δcat, overexpression of native ace, pyc and ppc Fed-batch10.6 g/L, 0.45 mol/mol glucose[17]
BOL-2Δcat, Δpqo, Δpta-ackA, ΔldhA, overexpression of native pyc and Mycobacterium vaccae fdh Fed-batch1134 mM, 1.67 mol/mol glucose[49]

Mannheimia succiniciproducens

LPK7ΔldhA, ΔpflB, Δpta, ΔackA Fed-batch52.4 g/L, 1.16 mol/mol glucose[50]