Harnessing energy from marine productivity using bioelectrochemical systems

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 252-258

  Girguis, Peter R ^a   Nielsen, Mark E ^a   Figueroa, Israel ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DEEP OCEAN SEDIMENTS; MARINE PRODUCTIVITY; MICROBIAL INOCULATION; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE; FUEL CELLS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRODUCTIVITY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; DIAGENESIS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PLANKTON;

HARNESS;

EID: 77953358114     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2010.03.015     Document Type: Review

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