Microbial Production of Hydrogen: An Overview

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-84

  Nandi, R ^a   Sengupta, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Anabaena sp; and heterotrophs; Clostridium sp; cyano bacterium; electron donors; facultative anaerobe; hydrogen and oxychemicals; hydrogen production; hydrogenase; hyperthermophilic archaeon; immobilization; methanogen; methylotrophs; mixed culture; nitrogen fixation; outdoor culture; photosynthetic aututrophs; photosynthetic hydrogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002193812     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408419891294181     Document Type: Article

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