From self-assembly of life to present-day bacteria: A possible role for nanocells

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 573-582

  Trevors, Jack T ^a   Psenner, Roland ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Institute of Zoology and Limnology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Assembly; Bacterium; Earth; Energy; Evolution; Hydrogen; Life; Nanobacterium; Nanocell; Origin; Sequence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; HYDROGEN;

AEROSOL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM; CELL DIVISION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL SIZE; ENERGY RESOURCE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; LIFE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0035673814     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(01)00068-7     Document Type: Review

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