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Review
. 1997 Oct 1;7(10):R637-9.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00322-8.

Photosynthesis: the paradox of carbon dioxide efflux

P G Falkowski  1
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Review

Photosynthesis: the paradox of carbon dioxide efflux

P G Falkowski. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

The discovery that photosynthetic marine cyanobacteria can actually leak CO2 has been predicted from theory but, until now, never experimentally demonstrated. The apparent paradox can be explained by known chemistry and biochemistry, but the phenomenon may have important implications for paleoclimatology.

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