Abstract
Clostridium acetobutylicum is an attractive industrial microorganism for biochemical production, but there have been few attempts for bio-hydrogen production based on metabolic engineering. In this study, metabolically engineered C. acetobutylicum carrying glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (zwf) and FeFe hydrogenase (hydA) were constructed as recombinant strains CA-zwf(pIMP-zwf) and CA-hydA(pMTL-hydA), respectively, to improve hydrogen productivity. The results showed that the engineered strains produced 1.15 and 1.39-fold higher hydrogen yield, respectively, than the wild type. Furthermore, when pH and glucose concentration were optimized for the CA-hydA strain, enhanced hydrogen productivity of 25.8% was achieved in 7 L jar scale fermentation. This result provides an insight into the future direction for metabolic engineering of C. acetobutylicum for improved hydrogen production.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 36687-36695 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 74 |
DOIs | |
State | Accepted/In press - 2021 |
Keywords
- Bio-hydrogen
- Clostridium acetobutylicum
- FeFe hydrogenase
- Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Fuel Technology
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology