Biohydrogenesis in the Thermotogales

Technical Report · Sat Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1165355· OSTI ID:1165355

Kelly, Robert M. ^[1]; Blum, Paul H. ^[2]; Noll, Kenneth M. ^[3]

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1. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2. Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States). Beadle Center for Genetics
3. Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States). Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology

The production and consumption of molecular hydrogen drives the physiology and bioenergetics of many microorganisms in hydrothermal environments. As such, the potential of these microorganisms as model systems to probe fundamental issues related to biohydrogen production merits consideration. It is important to understand how carbon/energy sources relate to the disposition of reducing power and, ultimately, the formation of molecular hydrogen by high temperature microorganisms. This project focused on bacteria in the thermophilic order Thermotogales, fermentative anaerobes that produce H₂ from simple and complex carbohydrates.

• Research Organization: North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
• Contributing Organization: Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States); Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-08ER64687
• OSTI ID: 1165355
• Report Number(s): DOE-NorthCarolinaState-64687
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

08 HYDROGEN
Hydrogen
Thermotogales
hyperthermophiles
bacteria