Forty years of microbial photosynthesis research: Where it came from and what it led to

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-29

  Fuller, R Clinton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Chlorosome; Chromatophore; Granules; Inositol; Neurospora; Path of carbon; Photosynthesis; Polythdroxyalkanoate (PHA); Prokaryote cellular inclusions; Protozoan biochemistry; Ribulose 1,5 bis phosphate; Tetrahymena

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMATERIAL; CARBOXYLATION; CHLOROPLAST; CHROMATOPHORE; CYTOPLASM; MICROBE METABOLISM; MICROBIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS; MODEL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYESTER; UNITED STATES;

CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS;

EID: 0033403936     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006373926725     Document Type: Review

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