Energy metabolism among eukaryotic anaerobes in light of Proterozoic ocean chemistry

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1504, 2008, Pages 2717-2729

  Mentel, Marek ^a   Martin, William ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anoxic oceans; Canfield oceans; Hydrogenosomes; Mitochondria; Mitosomes; Sulphidic oceans

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; METAZOAN; MITOCHONDRION; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEROZOIC; SEAWATER; SULFIDE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 47249101974     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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