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Table 9 Hydrogen yields of different substrates.

From: Integrated systems for biopolymers and bioenergy production from organic waste and by-products: a review of microbial processes

Substrate

Strain

Hydrogen yield

References

Sucrose

Clostridium butyricum CGS5

2.78 [mol H2 mol−1 substrate]

[159]

Glucose

Escherichia coli strains

2 [mol H2 mol−1 substrate]

[162]

Glucose

Thermotoga neapolitana

1.6 [mol H2 mol−1 substrate]

[155]

Molasses

Thermotoga neapolitana

2.6 [mol H2 mol−1 substrate]

[155]

Rice straw

Thermotoga neapolitana

2.7 [mol H2 mol−1 substrate]

[156]

Cheese whey

Thermotoga neapolitana

2.4 [mol H2 mol−1 substrate]

[155]

Cheese whey

Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum ATCC 27021

2.7 [mol H2 mol−1 substrate]

[161]

Starch

Mesophilic bacterium HN001

2 [mol H2 mol−1 substrate]

[163]

Starch

Mixed culture from compost

133 [ml H2 g−1 hexose]

[166]

Cellulose

Mixed culture from sludge

92 [ml H2 g−1 hexose]

[164]

Mixed waste

Mixed culture from anaerobic digestion sludge

201 [ml H2 g−1 hexose]

[168]

Food waste

Mixed culture from anaerobic digestion sludge

210 [ml H2 g−1 hexose]

[167]

Acetate

Rhodopseudomonas palustris WP3-5 in Photobioreactor

62.3 [mol H2 mol−1 substrate]

[120]

Rice husk

Clostridium butyricum CGS5

17.24 [mmol H2 g−1 cellulose]

[160]