Outdoor culture of a cyanobacterium with a vertical flat-plate photobioreactor: Effects on productivity of the reactor orientation, distance setting between the plates, and culture temperature

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 781-786

  Zhang, K ^a   Kurano, N ^a   Miyachi, S ^a  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS AQUATILIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 0032719924     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051591     Document Type: Article

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