Green Hydrogen exploiting Capnophilic lactic Fermentation pathway in the anaerobic hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga neapolitana

In recent years, both national and international politics switched their focus on researching and developing new, sustainable fuels production processes in opposition to the fossil fuel-based ones. Among them, special interest has been shown towards hydrogen. In this field fall the research carried out on Thermotoga neapolitana to assess the biological production of hydrogen, which can be performed through two different metabolic pathways: dark fermentation and Capnophilic (CO2-requiring) Lactic Fermentation (CLF), which involve the absorption of insuffled CO2 into the growth medium.