A possible prebiotic formation of ammonia from dinitrogen on iron sulfide surfaces

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1540-1543

  Dörr, Mark ^a   Käßpbohrer, Johannes ^a   Grunert, Renate ^a   Kreisel, Günter ^a   Brand, Willi A ^b   Werner, Roland A ^b   Geilmann, Heike ^b   Apfel, Christina ^a   Robl, Christian ^a   Weigand, Wolfgang ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iron; Isotope labeling; Nitrogen; Nitrogen fixation; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ENZYMES; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

PREBIOTIC FORMATION;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

AMMONIA; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; NITROGENASE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; SYNTHESIS; TECHNIQUE;

AMMONIA; CATALYSIS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 0038649226     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200250371     Document Type: Article

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