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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1989 February; 55(2): 483-487
Copyright © 1989, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Coupling of Solar Energy to Hydrogen Peroxide Production in the Cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans

Mercedes Roncel, José A. Navarro and Miguel A. De LA Rosa*

Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Facultad de Biología, Apartado 1113, Universidad de Sevilla y Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 41080 Seville, Spain

ABSTRACT

Hydrogen peroxide production by blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) under photoautotrophic conditions is of great interest as a model system for the bioconversion of solar energy. Our experimental system was based on the photosynthetic reduction of molecular oxygen with electrons from water by Anacystis nidulans 1402-1 as the biophotocatalyst and methyl viologen as a redox intermediate. It has been demonstrated that the metabolic conditions of the algae in their different growth stages strongly influence the capacity for hydrogen peroxide photoproduction, and so the initial formation rate and net peroxide yield became maximum in the mid-log phase of growth. The overall process can be optimized in the presence of certain metabolic inhibitors such as iodoacetamide and p-hydroxymercuribenzoate, as well as by permeabilization of the cellular membrane after drastic temperature changes and by immobilization of the cells in inert supports such as agar and alginate.

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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1989 February; 55(2): 483-487
Copyright © 1989, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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