H-2 PRODUCTION FROM STARCH BY A MIXED CULTURE OF CLOSTRIDIUM-BUTYRICUM AND RHODOBACTER SP. M-19

Authors
YOKOI H MORI S HIROSE J HAYASHI S TAKASAKI Y
Citation
H. Yokoi et al., H-2 PRODUCTION FROM STARCH BY A MIXED CULTURE OF CLOSTRIDIUM-BUTYRICUM AND RHODOBACTER SP. M-19, Biotechnology letters, 20(9), 1998, pp. 895-899
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01415492
Volume
20
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
895 - 899
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-5492(1998)20:9<895:HPFSBA>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A photosynthetic bacterium having ability to produce H-2 from acetic, butyric and lactic acids, Rhodobacter sp. M-19 was isolated. H-2 was p roduced from starch in a batch culture by Clostridium butyricum and in a two-step batch culture by C. butyricum and Rhodobacter sp. M-19 in yields of 1.9 and 3.6 mol H-2/mol glucose, respectively. A mixed cultu re of C. butyricum and Rhodobacter sp. M-19 produced H-2 from starch w ith a yield of 6.6 mol H-2/mol glucose in a fed-batch culture.