In a thorough review article published in the peer-reviewed journal Industrial Biotechnology, the current situation and future perspectives on the successful industrialization of biobased succinic acid are discussed.
Succinic acid is one of the most significant platform chemicals, used as a raw material for biobased polymers, food additive, pharmaceutical ingredient, and precursor. The sustainable production of succinic acid and its derivatives is becoming more and more in demand.
The titer, yield, and productivity of various metabolically engineered microorganisms are summarized by Sang Yup Lee of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology( KAIST ) and coauthors as they review the state of microbial succinic acid production. Additionally, they talk about downstream procedures for purifying biobased succinic acid and show off the interesting microbial production of a number of derivatives.
This paper, which was submitted by Professor Sang Yup Lee, a highly regarded innovator and pioneer in the field of systems metabolic engineering, serves as an excellent illustration of the cutting-edge research that Industrial Biotechnology has published.
A. Richard Gross, PhD, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Editor-in-Chief