Issue 68, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Alleviation of high light-induced photoinhibition in cyanobacteria by artificially conferred biosilica shells†

Wei Xiong,a   Zhou Yang,b   Hailei Zhai,a   Guangchuan Wang,a   Xurong Xu,*ac   Weimin Ma*b  and  Ruikang Tang*ac  

* Corresponding authors

a Center for Biomaterials and Biopathways, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, China
E-mail: xrxu@zju.edu.cn
Fax: +86 57187953736

b College of Life and Environmental Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
E-mail: wma@shnu.edu.cn

c Qiushi Academy for Advanced Studies and State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
E-mail: rtang@zju.edu.cn

Abstract

Bioinspired by diatoms, biomimetic silicification confers an artificial shell on cyanobacteria to alleviate photoinhibition; thus, the photosynthesis of the resulting cyanobacteria@SiO2 becomes more efficient under high light conditions.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC42766H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Apr 2013
Accepted
26 Jun 2013
First published
26 Jun 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 7525-7527

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Alleviation of high light-induced photoinhibition in cyanobacteria by artificially conferred biosilica shells

W. Xiong, Z. Yang, H. Zhai, G. Wang, X. Xu, W. Ma and R. Tang, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 7525 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC42766H

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