These experiments were focused on the reactive extraction of succinic acid from Actinobacillus succinogenes suspensions with TOA dissolved in butyl acetate without and with 1-octanol. The results underlined the strong negative influence of cells on interfacial mass transfer rate, due to the physical barrier created at the interface by their adsorption. Thus, the mass flow recorded for the pure aqueous phase exceeded about 6.8−7.8 times that reached for aqueous suspension with a biomass concentration of 27 g L −1 d.w., this difference becoming more pronounced at higher pH-values of the aqueous phase. The negative influence of bacterial cells is attenuated by 1-octanol addition into the solvent phase. This effect was described by means of the amplification factor, which is over 1 for all discussed extraction systems containing 1-octanol. The influences of the extraction parameters and interfacial mechanism have been included in a mathematical model describing the acid mass flow from aqueous suspension to the organic phase, the average deviation from the experimental values being ±4.33%.