{"title":"Hydrogen production by unicellular green alga chlorella sp. LSD-W2 isolated from seawater in Thailand","authors":"N. Tinpranee, A. Incharoensakdi, S. Phunpruch","doi":"10.14456/KKURJ.2016.32","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Green algae are able to convert the unlimited sunlight energy to produce hydrogen via photosynthesis. In seawater, several kinds of m arine microalgae are widespread and abundant and have been shown to tolerate and survive under the extreme salt concentrations . This work aimed to study the screening of high H 2 producing marine green algal strains isolated from the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea, and the selection of the highest H 2 producing strain. Its H 2 production was investigated under photoheterotrophic cultivation. The result revealed that among 20 marine green algal strains, the green alga Chlorella sp. LSD-W2 gave the highest H 2 production rate in both light and dark anaerobic conditions. During photoheterotrophic cultivation Chlorella sp. LSD-W2 was rapidly grown in TAP (Tris-Acetate-Phosphate) medium and reached the stationary growth phase after 36 h of cultivation. The highest photohydrogen production rate was found in cells incubated in NH 4 Cl-deprived TAP medium. It was approximately 20-fold higher than H 2 production rate of cells in a normal TAP medium.","PeriodicalId":8597,"journal":{"name":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology","volume":"21 1","pages":"256-266"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.14456/KKURJ.2016.32","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Green algae are able to convert the unlimited sunlight energy to produce hydrogen via photosynthesis. In seawater, several kinds of m arine microalgae are widespread and abundant and have been shown to tolerate and survive under the extreme salt concentrations . This work aimed to study the screening of high H 2 producing marine green algal strains isolated from the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea, and the selection of the highest H 2 producing strain. Its H 2 production was investigated under photoheterotrophic cultivation. The result revealed that among 20 marine green algal strains, the green alga Chlorella sp. LSD-W2 gave the highest H 2 production rate in both light and dark anaerobic conditions. During photoheterotrophic cultivation Chlorella sp. LSD-W2 was rapidly grown in TAP (Tris-Acetate-Phosphate) medium and reached the stationary growth phase after 36 h of cultivation. The highest photohydrogen production rate was found in cells incubated in NH 4 Cl-deprived TAP medium. It was approximately 20-fold higher than H 2 production rate of cells in a normal TAP medium.