Growth phase effect on the dark anaerobic hydrogen production in the glucose tolerant mutant of unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803

This study has examined the effect of growth phase on hydrogenproduction from cells of a glucose tolerant mutant of Synechocystissp. strain PCC6803. The extracellular products including hydrogen,lactate and acetate from cyanobacteria cells in dark anaerobicnitrate-free solution, yielded different excretory profiles dependingon which growth phases were prepared from photosynthesis. Theamount of hydrogen generated cells prepared from stationary phasewas highest in HEPES buffer and nitrate-free solution, darkanaerobic condition.