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FOR several years it has been known that a number of green algæ are able to carry out reduction of carbon dioxide by molecular hydrogen at low light intensities1:
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FRENKEL, A., RIEGER, C. Photoreduction in Algæ. Nature 167, 1030 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/1671030a0
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