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  • Title: Succinic acid production from corn stalk hydrolysate in an E. coli mutant generated by atmospheric and room-temperature plasmas and metabolic evolution strategies.
    Author: Jiang M, Wan Q, Liu R, Liang L, Chen X, Wu M, Zhang H, Chen K, Ma J, Wei P, Ouyang P.
    Journal: J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol; 2014 Jan; 41(1):115-23. PubMed ID: 24127066.
    Abstract:
    AFP111 is a spontaneous mutant of Escherichia coli with mutations in the glucose-specific phosphotransferase system, pyruvate formate lyase system, and fermentative lactate dehydrogenase system, created to reduce byproduct formation and increase succinic acid accumulation. In AFP111, conversion of xylose to succinic acid only generates 1.67 ATP per xylose, but requires 2.67 ATP for xylose metabolism. Therefore, the ATP produced is not adequate to accomplish the conversion of xylose to succinic acid in chemically defined medium. An E. coli mutant was obtained by atmospheric and room-temperature plasmas and metabolic evolution strategies, which had the ability to use xylose and improve the capacity of cell growth. The concentration of ATP in the mutant was 1.33-fold higher than that in AFP111 during xylose fermentation. In addition, under anaerobic fermentation with almost 80 % xylose from corn stalk hydrolysate, a succinic acid concentration of 21.1 g l(-1) was obtained, with a corresponding yield of 76 %.
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