Pyrite Formation, the First Energy Source for Life: a Hypothesis

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 207-210

  Wächtershäuser, Günter ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaebacteria; Autotrophy; Bioenergetics; Evolution; Metabolism; Origin of Life; Pyrite Formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929718232     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(88)80001-8     Document Type: Article

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