Hydrogen production by four cultures with participation by anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium and anaerobic bacterium in the presence of NH4

Hydrogen production by suspended culture, entrapped culture of Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Clostridium butyricum, and entrapped co-culture of these two bacteria in the presence of NH_4+ was investigated and compared. Hydrogen production by suspended culture of Rhodobacter sphaeroides was most affected by NH_4+ among the four cultures studied. Nevertheless, hydrogen production rate was the highest after the NH_4+ was removed metabolically. Hydrogen production by entrapped culture of Rb. sphaeroides was not readily inhibited by NH_4+ compared with that by suspended culture, and the hydrogen production rate was also kept high. Hydrogen production by entrapped culture of C. butyricum was not inhibited by NH_4+ in the initial period of time, but NH_4+ had some influence on hydrogen production by this culture in the later period. The hydrogen production rate from this culture was low compared with that from the culture of Rb. sphaeroides as expected theoretically. The former was only 1 of 5.6 of the latter, on average. The pattern of NH_4+ effect on the hydrogen production by co-culture of these two bacteria was similar to that by the single culture of C. butyricum. Nevertheless, hydrogen production by co-culture was enhanced by 160% compared with that by the single culture of anaerobic bacterium.

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