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Cellulose in wastewater was converted into H2 by a mixed culture in batch experiments at 55 °C with various wastewaters pH (5.5–8.5) and cellulose concentrations (10–40 g l−1). At the optimal pH of 6.5, the maximum H2 yield was 102 ml g−1 cellulose and the maximum production rate was 287 ml d−1 for each gram of volatile suspended solids (VSS). Analysis of 16S rDNA sequences showed that the cellulose-degrading mixed culture was composed of microbes closely affiliated to genus Thermoanaerobacterium.
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Liu, H., Zhang, T. & Fang, H.H. Thermophilic H2 production from a cellulose-containing wastewater. Biotechnology Letters 25, 365–369 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022341113774
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