Phototrophic hydrogen production from acetate and butyrate in wastewater

Phototrophic hydrogen production was conducted using individual substrates, acetate and butyrate, which are the main products of dark fermentation. Effects of initial pH (ranging 5.0–10.0) and individual substrate concentrations (acetate ranging from 800 to 4100 mg/l, and butyrate ranging from 1000 to 5100 mg/l) on phototrophichydrogen production were evaluated. The maximum hydrogen yields were 2.5 mol-H2/mol-acetate at an initial pH of 8.0 treating 800 mg/l of acetate, 3.7 mol-H 2/molbutyrate at an initial pH of 9.0 treating 1000 mg/l of butyrate. Analyses of DGGE (denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis) profiles of 16S rDNA fragments and FISH (fluorescent in situ hybridization) images show that both phototrophic hydrogenproducing sludges comprised only one predominant species resembling Rhodobacter capsulatus with over 80% relative abundance.

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