Imperfect asymmetry of life: Earth microbial communities prefer d-lactate but can use L-lactate also

Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 397-402

  Moazeni, Faegheh ^a   Zhang, Gaosen ^a   Sun, Henry J ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atacama Desert; Chirality; Homochirality; Life detection

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; LACTIC ACID;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; ARCHAEON; BACTERIA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; EARTH (PLANET); FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOMERISM; LACTIC ACID; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77953574602     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0438     Document Type: Article

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