Investigating and modeling the effect of light intensity on Rhodopseudomonas palustris growth

Autor: Brandon S. Ross, Robert W. M. Pott
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 119:907-921
ISSN: 1097-0290
0006-3592
Popis: Photosynthetic bacteria can be useful biotechnological tools-they produce a variety of valuable products, including high purity hydrogen, and can simultaneously treat recalcitrant wastewaters. However, while photobioreactors have been designed and modeled for photosynthetic algae and cyanobacteria, there has been less work on understanding the effect of light in photosynthetic bacterial fermentations. To design photobioreactors, and processes using these organisms, robust models of light penetration, utilization, and conversion are needed. This stydy uses experimental data from a tubular photobioreactor designed to focus in on light intensity effects, to model the effect of light intensity on the growth of Rhodopseudomonas palustris, a model photosynthetic bacterium. The work demonstrates that growth is controlled by light intensity, and that this organism does experience photolimitation below 200 W/m
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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