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Production of Hydrogen by Green Photosynthetic Bacteria (Chloropseudomonas)

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WE found recently that growing cultures of Chloropseudomonas ethylica evolve molecular hydrogen using some sugars or mannitol and L-arginine as the source of nitrogen1. There is also evidence of hydrogen production by Chlorobium and Pelodiction2. We have investigated this phenomenon using cell suspensions of Chl. ethylica, strain 3C, and Chloropseudomonas sp., strain 51 (refs. 3 and 4).

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KONDRATIEVA, E., GOGOTOV, I. Production of Hydrogen by Green Photosynthetic Bacteria (Chloropseudomonas). Nature 221, 83–84 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221083a0

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