Patent ID: 8883466

Claim:
A Pasteurella bacterial cell comprising a heterologous polypeptide having formate dehydrogenase activity, wherein the bacterial cell has increased succinic acid production relative to a corresponding control bacterial cell, the bacterial cell characterized by the 16S rDNA of SEQ ID NO: 7 or a 16S rDNA at least 99.9% identical thereto, wherein the heterologous polypeptide having formate dehydrogenase activity is encoded by a polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid selected from the group consisting of: a. a nucleic acid having a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5, b. a nucleic acid encoding an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 6; c. a nucleic acid which is at least 90% identical to the nucleic acid of a) or b); and d. a nucleic acid encoding an amino acid sequence which is at least 90% identical to the amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleic acid of a) or b).