Auto-flotation of heterocyst enables the efficient production of renewable energy in cyanobacteria

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chen, Ming ^a   Li, Jihong ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Chang, Sandra ^a   Liu, Chen ^a   Wang, Jianlong ^a   Li, Shizhong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; DIURON; HYDROGEN; METHANE; OXYGEN;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOLAR ENERGY;

ANABAENA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DIURON; ENERGY METABOLISM; HYDROGEN; METHANE; OXYGEN; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOLAR ENERGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84893856064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03998     Document Type: Article

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