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Sustained hydrogen photoproduction by phosphorus-deprived Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cultures
Authors: Batyrova KA, Tsygankov AA, Kosourov SN
Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Publication year: 2012
Journal: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Journal name in source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Journal acronym: INT J HYDROGEN ENERG
Volume: 37
Issue: 10
First page : 8834
Last page: 8839
Number of pages: 6
ISSN: 0360-3199
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.01.068
Abstract
This study demonstrates that, besides sulfur deprivation, sustained H-2 photoproduction in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cultures can be generated by incubating algae under phosphorus-deprived (-P) conditions. However, phosphorus deficiency in algal cells could not be obtained by resuspension of algae in -P medium, evidently due to a significant reserve of phosphorus in cells. In this study, phosphorus deficiency was accomplished by inoculating the washed algae into the -P medium at low initial cell densities (below 2 mg Chl l(-1)). After the initial growth period, where cells utilize intracellular phosphorus, algae established anaerobic environment followed by the period of H-2 photoproduction. The maximum H-2 output (similar to 70 ml l(-1)) was obtained in cultures with the initial Chl content similar to 1 mg l(-1). Cultures with Chl above 2 mg l(-1) did not produce H-2 gas. The physiological response of algal cultures to phosphorus deprivation demonstrated significant similarities with the response of algae to sulfur depletion. Copyright (C) 2012, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
This study demonstrates that, besides sulfur deprivation, sustained H-2 photoproduction in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cultures can be generated by incubating algae under phosphorus-deprived (-P) conditions. However, phosphorus deficiency in algal cells could not be obtained by resuspension of algae in -P medium, evidently due to a significant reserve of phosphorus in cells. In this study, phosphorus deficiency was accomplished by inoculating the washed algae into the -P medium at low initial cell densities (below 2 mg Chl l(-1)). After the initial growth period, where cells utilize intracellular phosphorus, algae established anaerobic environment followed by the period of H-2 photoproduction. The maximum H-2 output (similar to 70 ml l(-1)) was obtained in cultures with the initial Chl content similar to 1 mg l(-1). Cultures with Chl above 2 mg l(-1) did not produce H-2 gas. The physiological response of algal cultures to phosphorus deprivation demonstrated significant similarities with the response of algae to sulfur depletion. Copyright (C) 2012, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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