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Photosynthesis — Selected Topics

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Bioelectrochemistry I

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This short introduction into photosynthesis will not comprise the whole field, but should be taken as a (subjective) selection of chapters which might be the most interesting with respect to bioelectrochemistry.

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Metzner, H. (1983). Photosynthesis — Selected Topics. In: Milazzo, G., Blank, M. (eds) Bioelectrochemistry I. Ettore Majorana Institutional Sciences Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3697-6_4

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