Abstract
The unicellular non-nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Gloeocapsa alpicola grown in the presence of limiting concentrations of nitrate is capable of intensive H 2 production during incubation under dark anoxic conditions. This production of H 2 is the result of fermentation of glycogen accumulated during photoautotrophic growth. Besides H 2, acetate and CO 2, small amounts of D-lactate and ethanol were found as the products of fermentation. The fermentation stoichiometry, balances and enzymes activities indicate that the main pathway for glycogen degradation in G. alpicola is carried out via energy-yielding acetate formation involving pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase and acetate kinase. It is proposed that the H 2 production is realized by a hydrogenase on the stages of NAD(P)H generation. The removal of H 2 evolved from the culture, fermenting at elevated temperature and optimal pH, with constant rate of argon, allows H 2 production during at least 8 h at a significant rate.
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