Title: Hydrogen production from microbial strains

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a method of screening microbe strains capable of generating hydrogen. This method involves inoculating one or more microbes in a sample containing cell culture medium to form an inoculated culture medium. The inoculated culture medium is then incubated under hydrogen producing conditions. Once incubating causes the inoculated culture medium to produce hydrogen, microbes in the culture medium are identified as candidate microbe strains capable of generating hydrogen. Methods of producing hydrogen using one or more of the microbial strains identified as well as the hydrogen producing strains themselves are also disclosed.

Inventors:

Harwood, Caroline S; Rey, Federico E

Issue Date:

Tue Sep 18 00:00:00 EDT 2012

Research Org.:

University of Washington (Seattle, WA)

Sponsoring Org.:

USDOE

OSTI Identifier:

1078280

Patent Number(s):

8268584

Application Number:

11/947,535

Assignee:

University of Washington (Seattle, WA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):

C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12P - FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE {

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C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12P - FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE {

C12P3/00 - Preparation of elements or inorganic compounds except carbon dioxide {

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DOE Contract Number:  

FG02-05ER64063

Resource Type:

Patent

Country of Publication:

United States

Language:

English

Subject:

08 HYDROGEN