Fermentative metabolism to produce hydrogen gas and organic compounds in a cyanobacterium, Spirulina platensis

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-20

  Aoyama, Katsuhiro ^a,b   Uemura, Ieaki ^b   Miyake, Jun ^c,d   Asada, Yasuo ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH   (Japan)

^b TOKYO GAS CO LTD   (Japan)

^c NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

ethanol; Hydrogen; organic acid; Spirulina

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ETHANOL; METABOLISM; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACETALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GLYCOGEN; PYRUVATE;

FERMENTATION;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOGEN; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 0031049012     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)87320-5     Document Type: Article

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