Cyanobacterial cellulose synthesis in the light of the photanol concept

Cyanobacteria: An Economic Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 181-195

  Milou Schuurmans, R ^a   Matthijs, Hans C P ^b   Stal, Lucas J ^c,d   Hellingwerf, Klaas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Marine Geology   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial cellulose synthesis; Photanol; Photosynthetic efficiency; Solar biofuel products

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BIOFUELS; CELLULOSE; SECONDARY RECOVERY;

CELLULOSE SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL CONVERSIONS; DOWNSTREAM-PROCESSING; ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; PHOTANOL; PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SOLAR BIOFUEL PRODUCTS;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 85015587712     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118402238.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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