Phototrophs in biotechnology
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Lab class on anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria http://www.microbelibrary.org/edzine/ details.asp?id=2016&Lang= This page describes a set of student laboratory exercises for growing and characterizing phototrophic bacteria. Binary cultivation in photobioreactors http://availabletechnologies.pnl.gov/ technology.asp?id=267 This page describes the development of a photobioreactor for use in cultivating a binary culture of a phototroph and a heterotroph.
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Pii: S0169-5347(97)01230-5
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