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Biohydrogen production beyond the Thauer limit by precision design of artificial microbial consortia.


ABSTRACT: Dark fermentative biohydrogen (H2) production could become a key technology for providing renewable energy. Until now, the H2 yield is restricted to 4 moles of H2 per mole of glucose, referred to as the "Thauer limit". Here we show, that precision design of artificial microbial consortia increased the H2 yield to 5.6?mol?mol-1 glucose, 40% higher than the Thauer limit. In addition, the volumetric H2 production rates of our defined artificial consortia are superior compared to any mono-, co- or multi-culture system reported to date. We hope this study to be a major leap forward in the engineering of artificial microbial consortia through precision design and provide a breakthrough in energy science, biotechnology and ecology. Constructing artificial consortia with this drawing-board approach could in future increase volumetric production rates and yields of other bioprocesses. Our artificial consortia engineering blueprint might pave the way for the development of a H2 production bioindustry.

SUBMITTER: Ergal I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7429504 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Biohydrogen production beyond the Thauer limit by precision design of artificial microbial consortia.

Ergal İpek İ   Gräf Oliver O   Hasibar Benedikt B   Steiner Michael M   Vukotić Sonja S   Bochmann Günther G   Fuchs Werner W   Rittmann Simon K-M R SKR  

Communications biology 20200814 1


Dark fermentative biohydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>) production could become a key technology for providing renewable energy. Until now, the H<sub>2</sub> yield is restricted to 4 moles of H<sub>2</sub> per mole of glucose, referred to as the "Thauer limit". Here we show, that precision design of artificial microbial consortia increased the H<sub>2</sub> yield to 5.6 mol mol<sup>-1</sup> glucose, 40% higher than the Thauer limit. In addition, the volumetric H<sub>2</sub> production rates of our defined  ...[more]

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