Production of H2 from sucrose by Escherichia coli strains carrying the pUR400 plasmid, which encodes invertase activity

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1879-1883

  Penfold, D W ^a   Macaskie, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E. coli; Fermentation; Hydrogen; Sucrose assimilation genes; Sucrose transport genes

Indexed keywords

DERIVATIVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDSTOCKS; METABOLISM; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WASTES;

BIOPRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; METABOLISE SUCROSE; TWIN ARGININE TRANSPORT (TAT);

HYDROGEN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; HYDROGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; HYDROGEN; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUCROSE; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 13244283297     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-004-6035-1     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Cammack R, Frey M, Robson R (2001) Hydrogen as a Fuel: Learning from Nature. London, UK: Taylor & Francis.
2. Cowan PJ, Nagesha H, Leonard L, Howard JL, Pittard AJ (1991) Characterization of the major promotor for the plasmid-encoded sucrose genes scr Y, scrA and scrB. J. Bacteriol. 173: 7464-7470.
3. Das D, Veziroglu TN (2001) Hydrogen production by biological processes: a survey of literature. Int. J. Hyd. Energ. 26: 13-28.
4. Eroǧlu E, Gündüz U, Yücel M, Türker L, Eroǧlu İ (2004) Photobiological hydrogen production by using olive mill wastewater as a sole substrate source. Int. J. Hyd. Energ. 29: 163-171.
5. 2 and production of hydrogen from formic acid. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 24: 25-36.
6. Lay JJ (2000) Modelling and optimization of anaerobic digested sludge converting starch to hydrogen. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 68: 269-278.
7. Macaskie LE, Baxter-Plant VS, Creamer NJ, Humphries AC, Mikheenko IP, Mikheenko PM, Penfold DW, Yong P (2004) Applications of bacterial hydrogenases in waste decontamination, manufacture of novel bionanocatalysts and in sustainable energy. Biochem. Soc. Trans., in press.
8. Miller JH (1992) A Short Course in Bacterial Genetics: A Laboratory Manual and Handbook for Escherichia coli and Related Bacteria. Plainview, NY: Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory Press.
9. Mizuno O, Ohara T, Shinya M, Noike T (2000) Characteristics of hydrogen from bean curd manufacturing waste by anaerobic microflora. Water Sci. Technol. 42: 345-350.
10. Nagamune T, Nakamura T, Endo I, Inoue, I (1991) Stimulation of sucrose hydrolysis by yeast. Lagaku Kogaku Ronbunshu. 17: 462-469.
11. Noike T, Mizuno O (2000). Hydrogen fermentation of organic municipal wastes. Water Sci. Technol. 42: 155-162.
12. Palazzi E, Fabiano B, Perego P (2000) Process development of continuous hydrogen production by Enterobacter aerogenes in a packed column reactor. Bioproc. Eng. 22: 205-213.
13. Penfold DW, Forster C, Macaskie LE (2003) Increased hydrogen production by Escherichia coli strain HD701 in comparison with the wild type parent strain MC4100. Enzyme Microb. Tech. 32: 185-189.
14. Sauter M, Bohm R, Bock A (1992) Mutational analysis of the operon (hyc) determining hydrogenase 3 formation in Escherichia coli. Mol. Microbiol. 6: 1523-1532.
15. Schmid K, Ebner R, Altenbuchner J, Schmitt R, Lengeler JW (1988) Plasmid mediated sucrose metabolism in Escherichia coli K-12- Mapping of the scr genes of pUR400. Mol. Microbiol. 2: 1-8.
16. Tsunekawa H, Azuma S, Okabe M, Okamoto R, Aiba S (1992) Acquisition of a sucrose utilization system in Escherichia coli K-12 derivatives and its application to industry. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 58: 2081-2088.
17. Vatsala TM (1992) Hydrogen production from (cane molasses) sillage by Citrobacter freundii and its use in improving methanogenesis. Int. J. Hyd. Energ. 17: 923-927.
18. Yokoi H, Saitsu A, Uchida H, Hirose J, Hayashi S, Takasaki Y (2001) Microbial hydrogen production from sweet potato starch residue. J. Biosci. Bioeng. 91: 58-63.