Acetylene reduction and hydrogen photoproduction by wild-type and mutant strains of Anabaena at different CO2 and O2 concentrations

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-17

  Tsygankov, A A ^a,b   Serebryakova, L T ^a,b   Rao, K K ^a   Hall, D O ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF BASIC BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anabaena variabilis; CO2 influence on nitrogen fixation; Hydrogen metabolism; Mutant PK84; O2 dependent H2 uptake

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ARGON; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA AZOLLAE; ANABAENA VARIABILIS;

EID: 0032188921     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00361-9     Document Type: Article

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