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Improvement of biohydrogen production by genetic manipulations in rhodobacter sphaeroides O.U.001
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Rhodobacter sphaeroides O.U.001 is a purple non-sulphur bacterium producing hydrogen under photoheterotrophic, nitrogen limited conditions. Hydrogen is produced by Mo-nitrogenase but substantial amount of H2 is reoxidized by a membrane bound uptake hydrogenase. In this study, hydrogen production and the expression of structural nitrogenase genes were investigated by varying molybdenum and iron ion concentrations. These two elements are found in the structure of Mo-nitrogenase and they are important for functioning of the enzyme. The results showed that hydrogen production and nifD gene expression increased upon increase in molybdenum concentration. Increasing iron concentration had also positive effect on hydrogen production and nifK gene expression. To improve the hydrogen producing capacity of R. sphaeroides O.U.001, hupSL genes encoding uptake hydrogenase were disrupted in two different methods. In the first method, hup genes were disrupted by gentamicin resistance gene insertion. In the second method, part of the hup gene was deleted without using antibiotic resistance gene. The wild type and the hup- mutant cells showed similar growth patterns but substantially more hydrogen was produced by the mutant cells. The genes coding for hox1 hydrogenase of Thiocapsa roseopersicina was aimed to be expressed in R. sphaeroides O.U.001 to produce H2 under nitrogenase repressed and mixotrophic conditions. The hox1 hydrogenase genes of T. roseopersicina were cloned and transferred to R. sphaeroides. Although the cloning was successful, the expression of hydrogenase was not achieved by using either the native promoter of hox1 hydrogenase or the crtD promoter of T. roseopersicina.
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G. Kars, “Improvement of biohydrogen production by genetic manipulations in rhodobacter sphaeroides O.U.001,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2008.