Hydrogen production by cyanobacteria in an automated outdoor photobioreactor under aerobic conditions

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 777-783

  Tsygankov, A A ^a   Fedorov, A S ^a,b   Kosourov, S N ^a   Rao, K K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Light energy bioconversion; Nitrogenase; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; ENZYMES; HYDROGEN; IRRADIATION; PH EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PHOTOPRODUCTION;

BACTERIA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; OXYGEN; PROTON; WATER;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AIR; ANABAENA; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; LIGHT; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PH; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; TEMPERATURE; BIOLOGY; BIOREACTOR; CELL CULTURE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PERIODICITY; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUNLIGHT;

ANABAENA VARIABILIS;

AEROBIOSIS; ANABAENA; BIOREACTORS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLIMATE; CYANOBACTERIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK; HYDROGEN; LIGHT; MUTATION; OXYGEN; PERIODICITY; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PHOTOPERIOD; PILOT PROJECTS; PROTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 0037203077     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.10431     Document Type: Article

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