This invention discloses an acid-tolerant
Pichia pastoris and its application in
succinic acid fermentation, belonging to the field of microbial breeding and
fermentation engineering. Firstly, using
Pichia pastoris GS115 as the starting strain, this invention constructs an engineered
succinic acid-producing strain, GS115-SH, through
metabolic engineering. To address the problem of inhibited growth and low
succinic acid synthesis efficiency in this strain under acidic conditions, an acidic gradient stress environment from pH 3.8 to pH 3.0 was constructed by progressively lowering the pH of the culture medium using
hydrochloric acid. Through continuous subculturing, the bacterial
community adapted and solidified under low pH conditions, ultimately resulting in an acid-tolerant acclimatized strain. This strain achieved stable growth at pH 3.0 using glucose as the sole
carbon source, with succinic
acid production approximately 1.9 times higher than the starting strain; it also exhibited significant acid-producing capacity even without the addition of neutralizing agents such as CaCO3 or NaOH. This invention effectively reduces the amount of neutralizing agent used and simplifies the post-
processing procedure, showing promising prospects for industrial application.