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Equivalence of Light and Adenosine Triphosphate in Bacterial Photosynthesis

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LOSADA, M., TREBST, A., OGATA, S. et al. Equivalence of Light and Adenosine Triphosphate in Bacterial Photosynthesis. Nature 186, 753–760 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186753a0

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