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Beyond the Theoretical Yields of Dark-Fermentative Biohydrogen

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Theoretical hydrogen (H2) yield by dark fermentative route is 12 mol/mol of glucose. Biological H2 production yields of 3.8 mol/mol of glucose by microbes have been reported. Transient gene inactivation in combination with adaptive laboratory evolution strategy has enabled the H2 yield to exceed the stoichiometric production values.

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This work was supported by Brain Pool Grant (NRF-2018H1D3A2001746) by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) to work at Konkuk University. This research was also supported by KU Research Professor Program of Konkuk University. This work was supported by the Energy Efficiency & Resources Core Technology Program of the KETEP, granted financial resource from the Ministry of Trade, Industry, & Energy, Republic of Korea (20153010092130).

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    Sanjay K. S. Patel, Jung-Kul Lee & Vipin C. Kalia

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Patel, S.K.S., Lee, JK. & Kalia, V.C. Beyond the Theoretical Yields of Dark-Fermentative Biohydrogen. Indian J Microbiol 58, 529–530 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-018-0759-4

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