The invention provides a method for improving the microbial production of 1,3-
propanediol by constructing a
gene engineering bacterium. The method comprises the following steps: constructing an
expression vector with the inserted
malic enzyme gene; delivering the
expression vector in host
bacteria generating 1,3-
propanediol; adding an
inducer to induce the overexpression of the
malic enzyme gene in the
fermentation and culture process; and adopting the aerobic
fermentation means and performing the fed batch of substrate
glycerol to produce 1,3-
propanediol. The method is characterized in that the constructed
gene engineering bacterium can express more
malic enzyme than the original strain in the
fermentation process, thus the convertion from
pyruvic acid to
malic acid can be promoted, the circulation of
tricarboxylic acid can be promoted, the bacterium can generate more
nicotinamide adenine dinueleotide (NADH) and energy (ATP), the activity of 1,3-propanediol oxidation-reduction enzymein the bacterium and the
glycerol conversion rate can be increased. The invention has the following advantages: the substrate
glycerol utilization rate of the producing bacterium can be increased, the concentration and production strength of the fermented 1,3-propanediol can be obviously increased, the yield of 1,3-propanediol can be increased and the production cost can be reduced.