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Isolation and characterization of Rhodopseudomonas palustris P4 which utilizes CO with the production of H2

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A novel photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodopseudomonas palustris P4, was isolated from an anaerobic wastewater sludge digester by virtue of its ability to utilize CO with the production of H2. P4 grew under light with CO as a sole carbon source with the doubling time of 2 h and produced H2 at 20.7 mmol −1 cell h.

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  1. Institute for Environmental Technology and Industry, Pusan National University, Changjon-dong, Kumjung-ku, Pusan, 609-735, Korea

    Gyoo Yeol Jung, Yeonghee Ahn & Sunghoon Park

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, Changjon-dong, Kumjung-ku, Pusan, 609-735, Korea

    Hyun Ok Jung & Jung Rae Kim

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Jung, G.Y., Jung, H.O., Kim, J.R. et al. Isolation and characterization of Rhodopseudomonas palustris P4 which utilizes CO with the production of H2 . Biotechnology Letters 21, 525–529 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005560630351

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