The research conducted by the research group of Takashi Osanai, Faculty of Agriculture, Meiji University, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Kobe University, Euglena Co., Ltd., etc. was published in the Swiss scientific journal "Frontiers in Microbiology".

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In this study, we discovered the extracellular production of succinic acid by Euglena
Previously, extracellular succinic acid production was unknown for Euglena Euglena under bright / aerobic conditions (high oxygen concentration) at room temperature and then shifting to dark / anaerobic conditions (low oxygen concentration), Euglena became dark.・ It was clarified that succinic acid is released extracellularly under anaerobic conditions. Succinic acid is a material that has been attracting attention in recent years as a raw material for bioplastics, and is expected to be socially implemented as a useful raw material for the chemical industry in the future.