Enhancement of hydrogen production by a photosynthetic bacterium mutant with reduced pigment

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-150

  Kondo, Toshihiko ^a   Arakawa, Masayasu ^a   Hirai, Toshiro ^a   Wakayama, Tatsuki ^b   Hara, Masayuki ^b   Miyake, Jun ^b  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Hydrogen production; Light saturation; Light harvesting complex; Mutant; Photo bioreactor; Photosynthetic bacteria

Indexed keywords

CELLS; HYDROGEN; PIGMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

REACTION CENTERS (RCS);

BACTERIA;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CAROTENOID; HYDROGEN; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CHROMATOPHORE; GROWTH RATE; HYDROGENATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; REACTOR; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0036210881     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(02)80006-8     Document Type: Article

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