Early anaerobic metabolisms

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1474, 2006, Pages 1819-1836

  Canfield, Don E ^a   Rosing, Minik T ^b   Bjerrum, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anoxygenic photosynthesis; Archaean; Evolution; Hydrogen; Iron; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BIOSPHERE; EARLY EARTH; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ELECTRON; METABOLISM; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

EID: 33750035534     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1906     Document Type: Conference Paper

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