Enhanced hydrogen production by a marine photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodobacter marinus, immobilized onto light-diffusing optical fibers

Journal of Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-27

  Yamada, Akiyo ^a   Takano, Hiroyuki ^a   Burgess, J Grant ^a,b   Matsunaga, Tadashi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002083964     PISSN: 09412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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