Contents
Planet Under Carbon Attack
Carbon Economy and Carbon Footprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Júlia Seixas and Francisco Ferreira
Carbon Dioxide Utilisation—The Formate Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Luisa B. Maia, Isabel Moura, and José J. G. Moura
Carbon Dioxide Utilization—Bioelectrochemical Approaches . . . . . . . . . 83
Cristina M. Cordas, José J. G. Moura, Adrián Escapa, and Raúl Mateos
Acetogenic Bacteria for Biotechnological Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Dennis Litty and Volker Müller
Nitrogen, Too Much of a Vital Resource
Nitrogen Footprints and the Role of Soil Enzymes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Claudia M. d. S. Cordovil, Joana Marinheiro, João Serra, Soraia Cruz,
Eve Palmer, Kevin Hicks, and Jan-Willem Erisman
Assembly and Function of Nitrogenase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Chi-Chung Lee, Martin Tillmann Stiebritz, Yilin Hu,
and Markus Walter Ribbe
Mitigation of Laughing Gas Emissions by Nitrous Oxide
Respiring Microorganisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Jörg Simon
Bio-powering the Future
Bacterial Power: An Alternative Energy Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Bruno M. Fonseca, Ricardo M. Soares, Catarina M. Paquete,
and Ricardo O. Louro
Biological Production of Hydrogen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Mónica Martins, Inês A. C. Pereira, Marcos Pita, and Antonio L. De Lacey
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