The effect of some low-cost nitrogen sources on cell growth and succinic acid production by A.succinogenes NJ113 was studied.It was found that the concentration of succinic acid and DCW was the highest when soybean meal was used as nitrogen source by A.succinogenes NJ113.A.succinogenes NJ113 could utilize 50 g/L glucose when 15.53 g/L soybean meal was used as nitrogen source.The production of succinic acid which reached 35.20g/L with soybean meal as nitrogen source was almost the same as fermentation with yeast extract as nitrogen source.Otherwise,the production of acetic acid and formic acid decreased from 9.49 g/L and 6.27 g/L to 4.44 g/L and 1.14 g/L respectively while the concentration of lactic acid increased from 0.44 g/L to 2.91 g/L.The fermentation period prolonged from 20h to 48h.The production of succinic acid reached 71.30 g/L when 6 g/L yeast extract was replaced by soybean meal using 100 g/L glucose as carbon source.