James Bassham

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James A. Bassham
Born(1922-11-26)November 26, 1922
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory

James Alan Bassham (November 26, 1922 – November 19, 2012) was an American scientist known for his work on photosynthesis.

He received a

Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle. He continued his work as Associate Director
of this group.

Besides his work on the basic carbon reduction cycle of photosynthesis, Bassham conducted research on the biosynthetic paths leading from the cycle to the thermodynamics and kinetics of the carbon paths and the factors that control the flow of material and energy in this metabolic network. He is coauthor (with Melvin Calvin) of "The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis". He died on November 19, 2012.[3]

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