Research Article
Photoproduction of Hydrogen under Different Cultural Conditions by Alginate Immobilized Rhodopsedomonas palustris KU003
Table 4
Effect of nitrogen source on hydrogen production (mL/15 mL vessel) by immobilized cells of Rps. palustris in anaerobic dark.
| Nitrogen source | | | Incubation period (in hrs) | | | 24 | 48 | 72 | 96 | 120 | 144 | 166 | 192 |
| Potassium nitrate | — | — | 0.32 ± 0.02 | 0.56 ± 0.04 | 1.10 ± 0.18 | 0.78 ± 0.10 | 0.56 ± 0.08 | 0.38 ± 0.16 | Sodium nitrate | — | — | 0.28 ± 0.04 | 0.44 ± 0.08 | 0.78 ± 0.12 | 0.36 ± 0.10 | 0.24 ± 0.16 | — | Ammonium chloride | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Urea | — | — | 0.20 ± 0.02 | 0.42 ± 0.08 | 0.62 ± 0.10 | 0.38 ± 0.08 | — | — | Thiourea | — | — | — | — | 0.34 ± 0.14 | — | — | — | Glycine | — | — | 0.28 ± 0.06 | 0.52 ± 0.08 | 0.98 ± 0.02 | 0.64 ± 0.06 | 0.38 ± 0.18 | 0.24 ± 0.16 | L-asparagine | — | 0.34 ± 0.04 | 0.56 ± 0.02 | 0.86 ± 0.18 | 1.24 ± 0.16 | 0.78 ± 0.20 | 0.42 ± 0.14 | 0.24 ± 0.18 | L-aspartic acid | — | 0.48 ± 0.14 | 0.68 ± 0.22 | 0.94 ± 0.16 | 1.44 ± 0.22 | 0.76 ± 0.10 | 0.44 ± 0.16 | — | L-glutamic acid | — | — | 0.26 ± 0.16 | 0.48 ± 0.14 | 1.94 ± 0.28 | 1.24 ± 0.10 | 0.94 ± 0.14 | 0.56 ± 0.18 | L-glutamine | — | 0.36 ± 0.03 | 0.54 ± 0.16 | 0.78 ± 0.14 | 1.34 ± 0.38 | 0.62 ± 0.16 | 0.34 ± 0.18 | — | L-tyrosine | — | — | 0.28 ± 0.08 | 0.48 ± 0.08 | 0.86 ± 0.24 | 0.54 ± 0.08 | 0.22 ± 0.14 | — | L-cystine | — | — | 0.22 ± 0.12 | 0.48 ± 0.18 | 0.78 ± 0.14 | 0.52 ± 0.18 | 0.26 ± 0.16 | — | L-methionine | — | 0.20 ± 0.06 | 0.46 ± 0.12 | 0.76 ± 0.18 | 1.18 ± 0.12 | 0.84 ± 0.16 | 0.58 ± 0.28 | 0.26 ± 0.16 | Nitrogen gas | — | — | — | 0.38 ± 0.08 | 0.58 ± 0.06 | 0.24 ± 0.22 | — | — |
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—No hydrogen.
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