Disruption of the uptake hydrogenase gene, but not of the bidirectional hydrogenase gene, leads to enhanced photobiological hydrogen production by the nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 618-624

  Masukawa, H ^a,b   Mochimaru, M ^a,b   Sakurai, H ^a,b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOMAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE;

CYANOBACTERIUM;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; LIGHT; LIGHT INTENSITY; MUTATOR GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN; LIGHT; MODELS, GENETIC; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036215515     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-002-0934-7     Document Type: Article

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