Metabolic shift towards increased biohydrogen production during dark fermentation in the anaerobic fungus Neocallimastix cameroonii G341

Table 5 Hydrogen production through dark fermentation of wheat straw

Pretreatment	Organism	H₂ Yield	Publication
Steam acid + enzymatic hydrolysis	Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus	3.43 mol/mol sugar	[36]
CaO hydrolysis	Thermal pretreated anaerobic sludge	114 ml/g total solid	[37]
Dilute acid	Escherichia coli WDHL	140.1 ml/g total sugars	[38]
Dilute acid + enzymatic hydrolysis	Mixed sludge	141 ml/g volatile solids	[39]
None	Neocallimastix cameroonii	2.406 mmol/g = 58.84 ml/g*	This study

Comparison of pre-treatment, used organisms, and hydrogen yields of different studies using dark fermentation of wheat straw. *Conversion of mmol to ml hydrogen following the ideal gas law with temperature 21 °C and pressure 1 bar

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