Photoproduction of Molecular Hydrogen by a Plant-Algal Symbiotic System
- 13 February 1976
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 191 (4227), 559-561
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.191.4227.559
Abstract
The rapidly growing water fern Azolla, which contains a nitrogen-fixing blue-green algal symbiont, has been studied as a possible system for photoproduction of molecular hydrogen. When this plant is grown on a combined nitrogen supply, photochemically generated hydrogen can be diverted through the algal nitrogenase system, which serves as a source of molecular hydrogen generated from water. This symbiosis has several advantages as a possible biological energy conversion system.Keywords
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