A comparison of fermentation in the cyanobacterium Microcystis PCC7806 grown under a light/dark cycle and continuous light

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 373-378

  Moezelaar, Roy ^a,b   Stal, Lucas J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetate kinase; Alcohol dehydrogenase; Cyanobacterium; Dark metabolism; Embden Meyerhof Parnas pathway; Fermentation; Hydrogenase; Lactate dehydrogenase; Light dark cycle; Pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031445146     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967026297001364     Document Type: Review

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