Analytical approaches to photobiological hydrogen production in unicellular green algae

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 523-540

  Hemschemeier, Anja ^a   Melis, Anastasios ^b   Happe, Thomas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobiosis; Green microalgae; Hydrogen; Photosynthesis; Screening; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; HYDROGEN;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; LIGHT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYTA; HYDROGEN; LIGHT; MUTATION;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 76149124197     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9415-5     Document Type: Review

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