A Suggested Pioneer Organism for the Wächtershäuser Origin of Life Hypothesis

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-198

  Kundell, Frederick A ^a  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational analysis; Computational modeling; Origin of life; Pioneer organism; Pyrite; W chtersh user

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL IRON (FE(CO)5); IRON DERIVATIVE;

CARBONYL COMPOUND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IRON; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PHOSPHATE; PIONEER SPECIES; POLYMERIZATION; PYRITE;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BIOGENESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRON COMPOUNDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 79952574146     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-010-9217-y     Document Type: Article

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