PMID- 21978625 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120409 LR - 20131121 IS - 1873-2976 (Electronic) IS - 0960-8524 (Linking) VI - 102 IP - 23 DP - 2011 Dec TI - Effects of pH and ORP on microbial ecology and kinetics for hydrogen production in continuously dark fermentation. PG - 10875-80 LID - 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.09.024 [doi] AB - The microbial structure and kinetic characteristics of the hydrogen producing strains in two fermentative continuous stirred-tank reactors (CSTRs) were studied by controlling pH and oxidation and reduction potential (ORP). The fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) tests were conducted to investigate the fermentative performance of Clostridium histolyticum (C. histolyticum), Clostridium lituseburense (C. lituseburense) and Enterobacteriaceae. The experimental results showed that in ethanol-type reactor 1#, the relative abundance of the strains was 48%, 30% and 22%. Comparatively, the relative abundance in butyric acid-type reactor 2# was 24%, 55% and 19% with butyric acids and hydrogen as the main products. The kinetic results indicated that the hydrogen yield coefficients YP/X in both reactors were 8.357 and 5.951 l-H2/g, while the coefficients of the cellular yield were 0.0268 and 0.0350 g-Cell/g, respectively. At the same biomass, the hydrogen yield in ethanol-type reactors was more than that in butyric acid reactors. However, the cellular synthesis rate in ethanol-type reactors was low when the same carbon source was used. CI - Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Song, Jiaxiu AU - Song J AD - Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200092, China. FAU - An, Dong AU - An D FAU - Ren, Nanqi AU - Ren N FAU - Zhang, Yongming AU - Zhang Y FAU - Chen, Ying AU - Chen Y LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110914 PL - England TA - Bioresour Technol JT - Bioresource technology JID - 9889523 RN - 0 (Butyrates) RN - 0 (Sewage) RN - 107-92-6 (Butyric Acid) RN - 3K9958V90M (Ethanol) RN - 7440-44-0 (Carbon) RN - 7YNJ3PO35Z (Hydrogen) RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) SB - IM MH - Biomass MH - *Bioreactors MH - Biotechnology/*methods MH - Butyrates/chemistry MH - Butyric Acid MH - Carbon/chemistry MH - Clostridium/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Ethanol/chemistry MH - Fermentation MH - Hydrogen/chemistry MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence/methods MH - Kinetics MH - Oxygen/chemistry MH - Sewage/chemistry MH - Time Factors MH - Waste Disposal, Fluid/methods EDAT- 2011/10/08 06:00 MHDA- 2012/04/10 06:00 CRDT- 2011/10/08 06:00 PHST- 2011/07/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/09/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2011/09/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/10/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/10/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/04/10 06:00 [medline] AID - S0960-8524(11)01293-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.09.024 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Bioresour Technol. 2011 Dec;102(23):10875-80. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.09.024. Epub 2011 Sep 14.