A novel microorganism capable of producing organic acids, Mannheimia sp.
55E, and a process for producing organic acid through anaerobic and
aerobic incubation using the novel microorganism are provided. The method
of producing an organic acid using the microorganism involves incubating
Mannheimia sp. 55E with Accession Number KCTC 0769BP in a medium under
anaerobic or aerobic conditions and obtaining an organic acid from the
medium. Mannheimia sp. 55E produces succinic acid, lactic acid, and
formic acid under anaerobic conditions saturated with CO.sub.2, and
succinic acid, lactic acid, acetic acid, and formic acid under aerobic or
N.sub.2 anaerobic conditions. Mannheimia sp. 55E is a facultative
anaerobe tolerant of oxygen. Thus, the use of Mannheimia sp. 55E in
producing organic acids can eliminate a problem of process instability,
which would occur by the presence of oxygen in a fermentation process of
producing organic acids using an obligate anaerobic microorganism.