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Photoautotrophic cathodic oxygen reduction catalyzed by a green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii†

  1. Xian-Wei Liu1,
  2. Xue-Fei Sun2,
  3. Yu-Xi Huang1,
  4. Dao-Bo Li1,
  5. Raymond J. Zeng1,
  6. Lu Xiong1,
  7. Guo-Ping Sheng1,
  8. Wen-Wei Li1,
  9. Yuan-Yuan Cheng1,
  10. Shu-Guang Wang2,
  11. Han-Qing Yu1,*

Article first published online: 16 AUG 2012

DOI: 10.1002/bit.24628

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Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volume 110, Issue 1, pages 173–179, January 2013

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Liu, X.-W., Sun, X.-F., Huang, Y.-X., Li, D.-B., Zeng, R. J., Xiong, L., Sheng, G.-P., Li, W.-W., Cheng, Y.-Y., Wang, S.-G. and Yu, H.-Q. (2013), Photoautotrophic cathodic oxygen reduction catalyzed by a green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 110: 173–179. doi: 10.1002/bit.24628

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  1. 1

    Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China; telephone: +86-551-3607592; fax: +86-551-3601592

  2. 2

    School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China

*Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China; telephone: +86-551-3607592; fax: +86-551-3601592

  1. †

    Xian-Wei Liu and Xue-Fei Sun contributed equally to this work.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 20 NOV 2012
  2. Article first published online: 16 AUG 2012
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 7 AUG 2012 08:22AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 27 JUL 2012
  5. Manuscript Revised: 16 JUL 2012
  6. Manuscript Received: 9 MAR 2012

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  • Natural Science Foundation of China. Grant Number: 21021140001
  • Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities. Grant Number: WK2060190007

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