The use of solar radiation by the photosynthetic bacterium, rhodopseudomonas palustris: Model simulation of conditions found in a shallow pond or a flatbed reactor

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1143-1162

  Ritchie, Raymond J ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREACTOR; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POND; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SUNLIGHT;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; BIOREACTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PONDS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84884167433     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/php.12124     Document Type: Article

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