Cyanobacterial photo-driven mixotrophic metabolism and its advantages for biosynthesis

Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 308-316

  Wan, Ni ^a   Abernathy, Mary ^a   Tang, Joseph Kuo Hsiang ^b   Tang, Yinjie J ^a   You, Le ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 mass transfer; N2 fixation; photosystem; RuBisCO; the TCA cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943665423     PISSN: 20950179     EISSN: 20950187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11705-015-1521-7     Document Type: Article

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