Characterization of photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides RV for hydrogen production

Journal of Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-37

  Nagamine, Yasuko ^a   Kawasugi, Tadaaki ^b   Miyake, Masato ^c   Asada, Yasuo ^c   Miyake, Jun ^c,d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH   (Japan)

^b KUBOTA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

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