title: Aerobic Hydrogen Accumulation by a Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacterium, Anabaena sp.
abstract: Hydrogen evolution by a nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium, Anabaena sp. strain N-7363, was tested in order to develop a water biophotolysis system under aerobic conditions. A culture of the strain supplemented with carbon dioxide under an air atmosphere evolved hydrogen and oxygen gas, which reached final concentrations of 9.7 and 69.8%, respectively, after 12 days of incubation. Hydrogen uptake activity was not observed during incubation, and nitrogenase was thought to be the sole enzyme responsible for the hydrogen evolution.
authors.affiliation: Fermentation Research Institute, Yatabe-machi Higashi, Ibaraki-ken 305, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Asada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawamura