BioHydrogen

1. Photosynthetic Bacteria

   1. Polyhydroxybutyrate Accumulation and Hydrogen Evolution by Rhodobacter sphaeroides as a Function of Nitrogen Availability

      • Emir Khatipov, Masato Miyake, Jun Miyake, Yasuo Asada

      Pages 157-161

   2. Photosynthetic Bacteria of Hawaii

      • Mitsufumi Matsumoto, Brandon Yoza, JoAnn C. Radway, Oskar R. Zaborsky

      Pages 163-166

   3. Conversion Efficiencies of Light Energy to Hydrogen by a Novel Rhodovulum sp. and its Uptake-Hydrogenase Mutant

      • Akiyo Yamada, Tomoyuki Hatano, Tadashi Matsunaga

      Pages 167-171

2. Cyanobacteria

   1. Hydrogenase-Mediated Hydrogen Metabolism in A Non-Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa

      • Yasuo Asada, Masato Miyake, Youji Koike, Katsuhiro Aoyama, Ieaki Uemura, Jun Miyake

      Pages 173-179

   2. Identification of an Uptake Hydrogenase Gene Cluster from Anabaena sp. Strain PCC7120

      • Jyothirmai Gubili, Dulal Borthakur

      Pages 181-188

   3. Hydrogenase(s) in Synechocystis

      • Jens Appel, Saranya Phunpruch, Rüdiger Schulz

      Pages 189-196

   4. Detection of Marine Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacteria Capable of Producing Hydrogen by Using Direct Nested PCR on Single Cells

      • Haruko Takeyama, Tadashi Matsunaga

      Pages 197-202

   5. Programmed DNA Rearrangement of A Hydrogenase Gene During Anabaena Heterocyst Development

      • Claudio D. Carrasco, Joleen S. Garcia, James W. Golden

      Pages 203-207

   6. Construction of Transconjugable Plasmids for Use in the Insertion Mutagenesis of Nostoc PCC 73102 Uptake Hydrogenase

      • Alfred Hansel, Fredrik Oxelfelt, Peter Lindblad

      Pages 209-218

   7. Effect of Exogenous Substrates on Hydrogen Photoproduction by a Marine Cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. Miami BG 043511

      • Yao-Hua Luo, Shuzo Kumazawa, Larry E. Brand

      Pages 219-225

3. Green Algae

   1. Development of Selection and Screening Procedures for Rapid Identification of H2-Producing Algal Mutants with Increased O2 Tolerance

      • Michael Seibert, Timothy Flynn, Dave Benson, Edwin Tracy, Maria Ghirardi

      Pages 227-234

   2. Photosynthetic Hydrogen and Oxygen Production by Green Algae

      • Elias Greenbaum, James W. Lee

      Pages 235-241

   3. Light-Dependent Hydrogen Production of the Green Alga Scenedesmus obliquus

      • Rüdiger Schulz, Jörg Schnackenberg, Kerstin Stangier, Röbbe Wünschiers, Thomas Zinn, Horst Senger

      Pages 243-251

   4. Association of Electron Carriers with the Hydrogenase from Scenedesmus obliquus

      • Jörg Schnackenberg, Wolfgang Reuter, Horst Senger

      Pages 253-263

4. Fermentations and Mixed/Hybrid Systems

   1. Algal CO2 Fixation and H2 Photoproduction

      • Akiko Ike, Ken-ichi Yoshihara, Hiroyasu Nagase, Kazumasa Hirata, Kazuhisa Miyamoto

      Pages 265-271

   2. Hydrogen Production by Facultative Anaerobe Enterobacter aerogenes

      • Shigeharu Tanisho

      Pages 273-279

   3. Artificial Bacterial Algal Symbiosis (Project ArBAS)

      • Ingo Rechenberg

      Pages 281-294

   4. The Effect of Halobacterium halobium on Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production

      • Vedat Sediroglu, Meral Yucel, Ufuk Gunduz, Lemi Turker, Inci Eroglu

      Pages 295-304

   5. Photosynthetic Bacterial Hydrogen Production with Fermentation Products of Cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis

      • Katsuhiro Aoyama, Ieaki Uemura, Jun Miyake, Yasuo Asada

      Pages 305-309

   6. Hydrogen Photoproduction from Starch in CO2-Fixing Microalgal Biomass by A Halotolerant Bacterial Community

      • Akiko Ike, Naohumi Toda, Tomoko Murakawa, Kazumasa Hirata, Kazuhisa Miyamoto

      Pages 311-318

The world needs clean and renewable energy and hydrogen represents an almost ideal resource. Hydrogen is the simplest and most abundant molecule in the universe, yet one that is a challenge to produce from renewable resources. Biohydrogen, or hydrogen produced from renewable resources such as water or organic wastes by biological means, is a goal worthy of increased global attention and resources. The purpose of BioHydrogen '97 was to bring together leaders in the biological p- duction of hydrogen from the United States, Japan, Europe, and elsewhere to exchange scientific and technical information and catalyze further cooperative programs. Parti- pants came from at least different countries representing academia, industry, and g- ernment. Especially important participants were young research scientists and engineers: the next generation of contributors. The conference consisted of plenary presentations, topical sessions, posters, and mini-workshop discussions on key areas of biohydrogen. It was designed to maximize - formation exchange, personal interaction among participants, and formulate new inter- tional initiatives. BioHydrogen '97 was an outgrowth of an international workshop convened by the Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) and was held in Tokyo, Japan, November 24-25, 1994. The RITE workshop was highly successful but largely l- ited to traditional biochemical and biological studies and not engineering research topics.

• algae
• bacteria
• biology
• molecular biology
• production

• University of Hawaii, Honolulu

  Oskar R. Zaborsky

• Walnut Creek

  John R. Benemann

• Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan

  Tadashi Matsunaga

• National Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Tsukuba, Japan

  Jun Miyake

• Indiana University, Bloomington

  Anthony San Pietro

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