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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2007
Applicants:
Hideaki Yukawa, Kyoto, JP;
Masayuki Inui, Kyoto, JP;
Akihito Yoshida, Nari, JP;
Naoto Torata, Kashihara, JP;
Inventors:
Hideaki Yukawa, Kyoto, JP;
Masayuki Inui, Kyoto, JP;
Akihito Yoshida, Nari, JP;
Naoto Torata, Kashihara, JP;
Assignees:
Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, Kyoto, JP;
Sharp Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 3/00 (2006.01); C12P 1/04 (2006.01); C12N 1/21 (2006.01); C12N 9/02 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hydrogen producing method by culturing a microorganism having a hydrogenase gene, in which a lactic acid biogenetic path and a succinic acid biogenetic path in anaerobic metabolic paths are inactivated, under an anaerobic condition in the presence of organic substrate. The microorganism may further have a formate dehydrogenase gene. The microorganism may bewhich is a facultative anaerobic bacterium.