Production of H2 by sulphur-deprived cells of the unicellular cyanobacteria Gloeocapsa alpicola and Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 during dark incubation with methane or at various extracellular pH

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 114-120

  Antal, T K ^a,b   Lindblad, Peter ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Gloeocapsa alpicola; Hydrogen production; Methane; Sulphur deprivation; Synechocystis PCC 6803

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; FERMENTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; SULFUR;

CH 4; CYANOBACTERIUM; DARK INCUBATION; EXTRACELLULAR PH; GLOEOCAPSA ALPICOLUM; H 2 PRODUCTION; SULFUR DEPRIVATION; SYNECHOCYSTI PCC 6803; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP;

METHANE;

HYDROGEN; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; SULFUR;

BIOFUEL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DARKNESS; FERMENTATION; GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLOEOCAPSA ALPICOLA; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTON TRANSPORT; STARVATION; SYNECHOCYSTIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOCAPSA; GLOEOCAPSA ALPICOLA; NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CYANOBACTERIA; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHANE; SULFUR; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 12344288213     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02431.x     Document Type: Article

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