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Synchronously growing cells of nitrogen-fixing Synechococcus sp. Miami BG 043511 were harvested periodically and the capability for hydrogen photoproduction in closed vessels was measured under hydrogen production conditions. The capability for hydrogen photoproduction in cells was correlated with that of cellular carbohydrate content. Cells with a high carbohydrate content exhibited a high capacity for hydrogen production and those with low carbohydrate content exhibited low capacity for hydrogen production. Nitrogenase activity at the onset of incubation did not coincide with a capability for the cells to produce hydrogen during the subsequent incubation period. Interestingly, when cells with a high capacity for hydrogen photoaccumulation were incubated, alternate periods of hydrogen and oxygen accumulation were observed at 12 hour intervals. About 0.5 ml of hydrogen per ml of cell suspension was accumulated in flasks during the initial 12-h incubation period. These observations indicate that the use of synchronous culture can be one of the ways of provide materials suitable not only for basic studies but also for applied aspects of hydrogen photoproduction.
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Suda, S., Kumazawa, S. & Mitsui, A. Change in the H2 photoproduction capability in a synchronously grown aerobic nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. Miami BG 043511. Arch. Microbiol. 158, 1–4 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00249056
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