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Filtering by: Advisor Ely, Roger L. Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Subject Cyanobacteria -- Biotechnology

Metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria to optimize photobiological hydrogen production

Creator:

Luterra, Markael

Abstract:

Photobiological hydrogen production -- the use of photosynthesis to split water into hydrogen and oxygen -- presents an opportunity for efficient and large-scale solar biofuel development. One of the major challenges in this area is competition for reductant between the hydrogen-evolving hydrogenase enzyme and other metabolic pathways. In this work...

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Dissertation

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. Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Roger L. Ely
Optimization of environmental conditions and electron flow for enhanced hydrogen production by cyanobacterial species Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Creator:

Burrows, Elizabeth H.

Abstract:

Many conditions affecting hydrogen (H₂) production by the cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, were optimized to yield maximum H₂ accumulation. Biological H₂ production from photosynthetic species is a promising form of renewable energy since an abundant supply of sunlight hits the Earth every day, and photosynthetic bacteria can harness this...

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Dissertation

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Approved: Roger L. Ely Frank W.R. Chaplen Many conditions affecting