Is struvite a prebiotic mineral?

Life

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 321-330

  Gull, Maheen ^a   Pasek, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Origin of life; Phosphate esters; Phosphorus; Prebiotic synthesis; Struvite

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894353330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20751729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/life3020321     Document Type: Article

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