Community fingerprinting of dominant populations in hydrogen producing bioreactors

Mary Ann Bruns, Yonghua Luo, Husen Zhang, Steven W. Van Ginkel, Bruce Logan

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Abstract

Fermentative microorganisms utilizing organic compounds in wastewater provide a renewable, low-cost source of hydrogen gas for fuel cells. Hydrogen production in continuous-flow bioreactors using mixed microbial populations from heat-treated soil was studied. Bioreactors, fed with synthetic wastewater containing glucose, were maintained at pH 5.5 to inhibit formation of methane from H 2. Microbial community fingerprinting of DNA extracted from bioreactor material consistently detects Clostridia spp. belonging to Cluster I. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 228th ACS National Meeting (Philadelphia, PA 8/22-26/2004).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)ENVR-320
JournalACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
Volume228
Issue number1
StatePublished - 2004
EventAbstracts of Papers - 228th ACS National Meeting - Philadelphia, PA, United States
Duration: Aug 22 2004Aug 26 2004

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering

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