FUNCTIONAL STUDY OF HYDROGENASES IN CYANOBACTERIA FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIOH2
The production of hydrogen by cyanobacteria is attracting a great deal of interest in the field of biofuels.
However, research carried out over the last 10 years has shown that the sensitivity of cyanobacterial hydrogenases to oxygen represents a major limit to the industrial use of these micro-organisms.
The aim of the project is to study the natural oxygen tolerance potential of hydrogenases from certain specific cyanobacteria that have already been identified, drawing on a range of skills in genetic engineering, metabolic engineering and electrochemistry. The results of this project could lead to the synthesis of a cyanobacteria that could be used on a large scale in the biohydrogen industry.