Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8087007 | Algal Research | 2016 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
In this study, oxygen tolerance of five photohydrogen-producing green algal species, Chlamydomonas moewusii, Chlorella fusca, Chlorella pyrenoidosa, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Scenedesmus obliquus, were first evaluated comparatively. These green algae varied in O2-tolerance. C. pyrenoidosa exhibited notable O2-tolerance and was investigated comparatively to that of C. reinhardtii. We used an improved O2-tolerance detection method to eliminate the effects of O2 dissolving rate. Results showed that the O2I50 values of C. pyrenoidosa cells (in vivo) and cell lysate (in vitro) were 139% and 61% higher than those of C. reinhardtii, respectively. Furthermore, owing to the higher O2-tolerance, C. pyrenoidosa cells could evolve hydrogen at a higher threshold of O2 content in the photobiological hydrogen production process and kept releasing H2 for more than 260Â h under continuous illumination compared to 60Â h in C. reinhardtii did under the same conditions.
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Authors
Xiaolei Fan, Huanyu Wang, Rongbo Guo, Dawei Yang, Yanting Zhang, Xianzheng Yuan, Yanling Qiu, Zhiman Yang, Xiaoxian Zhao,