Photobiological hydrogen production
The principles and recent progress in the research and development of photobiological hydrogen production are reviewed. Cyanobacteria produce hydrogen gas using nitrogenase and/or hydrogenase. Hydrogen production mediated by native hydrogenases in cyanobacteria occurs under in the dark under anaerob...
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Published in | Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering Vol. 88; no. 1; pp. 1 - 6 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Book Review Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Amsterdarm
Elsevier B.V
1999
Elsevier Science |
Subjects | |
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Summary: | The principles and recent progress in the research and development of photobiological hydrogen production are reviewed. Cyanobacteria produce hydrogen gas using nitrogenase and/or hydrogenase. Hydrogen production mediated by native hydrogenases in cyanobacteria occurs under in the dark under anaerobic conditions by degradation of intracellular glycogen.
In vitro and
in vivo coupling of the cyanobacterial photosynthetic system with a clostridial hydrogenase via cyanobacterial ferredoxin was demonstrated in the presence of light. Genetic transformation of
Synechococcus PCC7942 with the hydrogenase gene from
Clostridium pasteurianum was successful; the active enzyme was expressed in PCC7942. The strong hydrogen producers among photosynthetic bacteria were isolated and characterized. Coculture of
Rhodobacter and
Clostriudium was applied for hydrogen production from glucose. A mutant strain of
Rhodobacter sphaeroides RV whose light-harvesting proteins were altered was obtained by UV irradiation. Hydrogen productivity by the mutant was improved when irradiated with monochromatic light of some wavelengths. The development of photobioreactors for hydrogen production is also reviewed. |
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Bibliography: | F60 2000001016 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1389-1723 1347-4421 |
DOI: | 10.1016/S1389-1723(99)80166-2 |