Photosynthetic hydrogen production: Mechanisms and approaches

State of the Art and Progress in Production of Biohydrogen

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 25-53

  Antal, T K ^a   Krendeleva, T E ^a   Pashchenko, V Z ^a   Rubin, A B ^a   Stensjo, K ^b   Tyystjarvi E ^c   Ramakrishna, S ^d   Los, D A ^e   Carpentier, R ^f   Nishihara, H ^g   Allakhverdiev, S I ^e,g,h  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^h INSTITUTE OF BASIC BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

ATP; Ferredoxin; Gloeocapsa; Hydrogen production; Hydrogenases; NADPH; Nitrogenases; Nostoc; Oxygen evolving complex; Photosystem i; Photosystem ii; Spirulina; Synechococcus; Synechocystis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860374523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2174/978160805224011201010025     Document Type: Chapter

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