Bioelectrochemistry I Biological Redox Reactions

This is the first course devoted to bioelectrochemistry held within the frame­ work of the International School of Biophysics. Although this branch of scientific research is already about two centuries old, as a truly independent one it has been in a stag

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ETTORE MAJORANA INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE SERIES Series Editor: Antonino Zichichi European Physical Society Geneva, Switzerland

(LIFE SCIENCES) Volume 1

BLADDER TUMORS AND OTHER TOPICS IN UROLOGICAL ONCOLOGY Edited by M. Pavone-Macaluso, P. H. Smith, and F. Edsmyr

Volume 2

ADVANCES IN RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY

IN MEDICINE Edited by Ralph H. Thomas and Victor Perez-Mendez

Volume 3

PULMONARY CIRCULATION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE Edited by G. Cumming and G. Bonsignore

Volume 4

SELECTED TOPICS IN EXERCISE CARDIOLOGY AND REHABILITATION Edited by A. Raineri, J. J. Kellermann, and V. Rulli

Volume 5

THE AGING BRAIN: Neurological and Mental Disturbances Edited by G. Barbagallo-Sangiorgi and A. N. Exton-Smith

Volume 6

THE LUNG IN ITS ENVIRONMENT Edited by G. Bonsignore and G. Cumming

Volume 7

INVESTIGATION OF BRAIN FUNCTION Edited by A. W. Wilkinson

Volume 8

THE IMMUNOLOGY OF INFANT FEEDING Edited by A. W. Wilkinson

Volume 9

ADVANCES IN NEPHROUROLOGY Edited by M. Pavone-Macaluso and P. H. Smith

Volume 10

CELLULAR BIOLOGY OF THE LUNG Edited by G. Cumming and G. Bonsignore

Volume 11

BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY I: Biological Redox Reactions Edited by G. Milazzo and Martin Blank

Bioelectrochemistry I

Biological Redox Reactions Edited by

G. Milazzo University of Rome Rome, Italy

and

Martin Blank College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University New York, New York

Plenum Press • New York and London

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Bioelectrochemistry I. (Ettore Majorana international science series. Life sciences; v. 11) "Proceedings of the course on bioelectrochemistry which was the eleventh International School of Biophysics, held November 29-December 5,1981 in Erice, Sicily, ItaIy"-Verso t.p. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Bioelectrochemistry-Congresses. 2. Oxidation-reduction reaction-Congress"I. International School of es. I. Milazzo, Giulio. II. Blank, Martin, 1933Biophysics (11th: 1981; Erice, Italy) IV. Series. QP517.B53B54 1983 574.19'283 83-2443 ISBN-13: 978-1-4613-3699-0

e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4613-3697-6

001: 10.1007/978-1-4613-3697-6

Proceedings of the course on Bioelectrochemistry, which was the Eleventh International School of Biophysics, held November 29-December 5, 1981, in Erice, Sicily, Italy

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PREFACE This is the first course devoted to bioelectrochemistry held within the framework of the International School of Biophysics. Although this branch of scientific research is already about two centuries old, as a truly independent one it has been in a stage of lively development since only a few decades ago and this is why a