Abstract
The conversion of solar energy into suitable redox energy through photosynthesis of the water-splitting type carried out by intact or reconstituted systems is of great interest and significance, and a major effort is presently under way to use this process to provide ‘biofuels’ on a renewable basis. The fact that some photosynthetically generated metabolites are highly reduced compounds of immediate practical interest has, however, been overlooked until now. Such is the case of ammonia, a compound generated by green cells from oxidized inorganic nitrogenous substrates in light-driven reactions, and that, in itself, is a very valuable derivative, both as a fuel and as a fertilizer1,2.
Acknowledgments. Research cited from the authors’ laboratory was supported in part by grants from the Centro de la Energía del Ministerio de Industria, Comisión Asesora de Investigación, and the Philips Research Laboratories.
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Guerrero, M.G., Ramos, J.L., Losada, M. (1982). Photosynthetic production of ammonia. In: Mislin, H., Bachofen, R. (eds) New Trends in Research and Utilization of Solar Energy through Biological Systems. EXS 43: Experientia Supplementum, vol 43. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-6305-6_13
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