Patent 7829316 was granted and assigned to AJINOMOTO CO., INC. on November, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Disclosed is a process for production of succinic acid, which comprises the step of reacting a bacterium which has been modified so as to increase the expression of a sucE1 gene or a product produced by any treatment of the bacterium with an organic raw material in a reaction solution containing a carbonate ion, a bicarbonate ion or carbon dioxide gas to thereby yield the desired succinic acid.