How close we are to achieving commercially viable large-scale photobiological hydrogen production by cyanobacteria: A review of the biological aspects

Life

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 997-1018

  Sakurai, Hidehiro ^a   Masukawa, Hajime ^a,b   Kitashima, Masaharu ^a   Inoue, Kazuhito ^a  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Heterocyst; Hydrogen; Mariculture; Nitrogenase; Photosynthesis; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84925016537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20751729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/life5010997     Document Type: Review

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