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Electrochemical methods for generation of a biological proton motive force and pyridine nucleotide cofactor regeneration

  • US 6,495,023 B1
  • Filed: 02/26/2001
  • Issued: 12/17/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/09/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of promoting reductive processes in a biological system comprising the steps of:

  • (a) providing an electrochemical bioreactor system having a cathode compartment equipped with a cathode and an anode compartment equipped with an anode, the cathode and anode compartment being separated by a cation selective membrane, wherein the cathode and anode are connected by a conductive material to a power supply;

    (b) placing a suitable amount of neutral red and a biological catalyst in the cathode compartment; and

    (c) applying from the power supply a current between the anode and the cathode wherein at least a portion of the neutral red is electrically reduced, wherein the biological catalyst comprises Trichosporon capitatum.

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