Hydrogen production via photofermentation

State of the Art and Progress in Production of Biohydrogen

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 54-77

  Uyar, Basar ^a   Kars, Gökhan ^b   Yücel, Meral ^c   Gündüz, Ufuk ^c   Eroglu, Inci ^c  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hydrogenase; Light energy; Nitrogenase; Organic acids; Photobioreactor; Photofermentation; Purple non sulfur bacteria; R. capsulatus; R. sphaeroides; Solar illumination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876715387     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2174/978160805224011201010054     Document Type: Chapter

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