Glossary
Dark fermentation
This is the fermentative conversion of organic substrate to biohydrogen.
It is a complex process manifested by diverse groups of bacteria,
involving a series of biochemical reactions using three steps similar to
anaerobic
conversion.
Dark
fermentation
differs
from
photofermentation in that it proceeds without the presence of light.
F/M ratio
This is a process control number that helps you to determine the proper
number of microorganisms for your system.
Halotolerant bacteria
They have the adaptation ability to conditions of high salinity.
Halotolerant bacteria tend to live in areas such as hypersaline lakes,
coastal dunes, saline deserts, salt marshes, and inland salt seas and
springs.
Hydrogen molar yield If this is high (approaching theoretical value), the process has very high
efficiency.
References
1. Hansen J, Sata M (2016) Regional climate change and national responsibilities. Environ Res
Lett IOP Publishing 11:034009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/034009
2. Show KY et al (2012) Biohydrogen production: current perspectives and the way forward. Int J
Hydro Energy Elsevier Ltd 37(20):15616–15631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.04.
109
3. Nikolaidis P, Poullikkas A (2017) A comparative overview of hydrogen production processes.
Renew Sustain Energy Rev Elsevier 67:597–611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.09.044
4. Dipasquale L et al (2014) Introducing capnophilic lactic fermentation in a combined dark-photo
fermentation process: a route to unparalleled H2 yields. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 99
(2):1001–1010. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-014-6231-4
5. Hallenbeck PC, Abo-Hashesh M, Ghosh D (2012) Strategies for improving biological hydrogen
production. Bioresource Technol Elsevier Ltd 110:1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2012.
01.103
6. Boboescu IZ et al (2016) Surpassing the current limitations of biohydrogen production systems:
the case for a novel hybrid approach. Bioresource Technol Elsevier Ltd 204:192–201. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.12.083
7. Kumar G et al (2015) Lignocellulose biohydrogen: practical challenges and recent progress.
Renew Sust Energ Rev 44(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.01.042
8. Phummala K et al (2014) Delignification of disposable wooden chopsticks waste for fermentative hydrogen production by an enriched culture from a hot spring. J Environ Sci (China) 26
(6):1361–1368. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1001-0742(13)60612-9
9. Wang S, Hou X, Su H (2017) Exploration of the relationship between biogas production and
microbial community under high salinity conditions. Sci Rep Springer US 7(1):1–10. https://
doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01298-y
10. Chen G-Q, Jiang X-R (2018) Next generation industrial biotechnology based on extremophilic
bacteria. Curr Opin Biotechnol Elsevier Ltd 50:94–100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2017.
11.016
11. Liaw HJ, Mah RA (1992) Isolation and characterization of Haloanaerobacter chitinovorans gen.
nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, anaerobic, chitinolytic bacterium from a solar saltern. Appl Environ
Microbiol 58(1):260–266
12. Mouné S et al (1999) Haloanaerobacter salinarius sp. nov., a novel halophilic fermentative
bacterium that reduces glycine-betaine to trimethylamine with hydrogen or serine as electron
11 Biohydrogen Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass by Extremely Halotolerant. . . 425
Dark fermentation
This is the fermentative conversion of organic substrate to biohydrogen.
It is a complex process manifested by diverse groups of bacteria,
involving a series of biochemical reactions using three steps similar to
anaerobic
conversion.
Dark
fermentation
differs
from
photofermentation in that it proceeds without the presence of light.
F/M ratio
This is a process control number that helps you to determine the proper
number of microorganisms for your system.
Halotolerant bacteria
They have the adaptation ability to conditions of high salinity.
Halotolerant bacteria tend to live in areas such as hypersaline lakes,
coastal dunes, saline deserts, salt marshes, and inland salt seas and
springs.
Hydrogen molar yield If this is high (approaching theoretical value), the process has very high
efficiency.
References
1. Hansen J, Sata M (2016) Regional climate change and national responsibilities. Environ Res
Lett IOP Publishing 11:034009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/034009
2. Show KY et al (2012) Biohydrogen production: current perspectives and the way forward. Int J
Hydro Energy Elsevier Ltd 37(20):15616–15631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.04.
109
3. Nikolaidis P, Poullikkas A (2017) A comparative overview of hydrogen production processes.
Renew Sustain Energy Rev Elsevier 67:597–611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.09.044
4. Dipasquale L et al (2014) Introducing capnophilic lactic fermentation in a combined dark-photo
fermentation process: a route to unparalleled H2 yields. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 99
(2):1001–1010. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-014-6231-4
5. Hallenbeck PC, Abo-Hashesh M, Ghosh D (2012) Strategies for improving biological hydrogen
production. Bioresource Technol Elsevier Ltd 110:1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2012.
01.103
6. Boboescu IZ et al (2016) Surpassing the current limitations of biohydrogen production systems:
the case for a novel hybrid approach. Bioresource Technol Elsevier Ltd 204:192–201. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.12.083
7. Kumar G et al (2015) Lignocellulose biohydrogen: practical challenges and recent progress.
Renew Sust Energ Rev 44(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.01.042
8. Phummala K et al (2014) Delignification of disposable wooden chopsticks waste for fermentative hydrogen production by an enriched culture from a hot spring. J Environ Sci (China) 26
(6):1361–1368. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1001-0742(13)60612-9
9. Wang S, Hou X, Su H (2017) Exploration of the relationship between biogas production and
microbial community under high salinity conditions. Sci Rep Springer US 7(1):1–10. https://
doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01298-y
10. Chen G-Q, Jiang X-R (2018) Next generation industrial biotechnology based on extremophilic
bacteria. Curr Opin Biotechnol Elsevier Ltd 50:94–100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2017.
11.016
11. Liaw HJ, Mah RA (1992) Isolation and characterization of Haloanaerobacter chitinovorans gen.
nov., sp. nov., a halophilic, anaerobic, chitinolytic bacterium from a solar saltern. Appl Environ
Microbiol 58(1):260–266
12. Mouné S et al (1999) Haloanaerobacter salinarius sp. nov., a novel halophilic fermentative
bacterium that reduces glycine-betaine to trimethylamine with hydrogen or serine as electron
11 Biohydrogen Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass by Extremely Halotolerant. . . 425