Sustained hydrogen photoproduction by phosphorus-deprived Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cultures |
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Authors: | Khorcheska A. Batyrova Anatoly A. TsygankovSergey N. Kosourov |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Basic Biological Problems RAS, Institutskaya 2, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russia |
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Abstract: | This study demonstrates that, besides sulfur deprivation, sustained H2 photoproduction in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cultures can be generated by incubating algae under phosphorus-deprived (−P) conditions. However, phosphorus deficiency in algal cells could not be obtained by resuspension of algae in −P medium, evidently due to a significant reserve of phosphorus in cells. In this study, phosphorus deficiency was accomplished by inoculating the washed algae into the −P medium at low initial cell densities (below 2 mg Chl l−1). After the initial growth period, where cells utilize intracellular phosphorus, algae established anaerobic environment followed by the period of H2 photoproduction. The maximum H2 output (∼70 ml l−1) was obtained in cultures with the initial Chl content ∼1 mg l−1. Cultures with Chl above 2 mg l−1 did not produce H2 gas. The physiological response of algal cultures to phosphorus deprivation demonstrated significant similarities with the response of algae to sulfur depletion. |
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Keywords: | Hydrogen photoproduction Green algae Phosphorus deprivation Dilution method |
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