The hydrothermal imprint on life: Did heat-shock proteins, metalloproteins and photosynthesis begin around hydrothermal vents?

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 118, Issue , 1996, Pages 239-251

  Nisbet, E G ^a   Fowler, C M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 6044277920     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.118.01.15     Document Type: Article

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