Trails of green alga hydrogen research - From Hans Gaffron to new frontiers

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 401-409

  Melis, Anastasios ^a   Happe, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

green algae; Hans Gaffron; hydrogen; photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 3042845424     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PRES.0000030421.31730.cb     Document Type: Conference Paper

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