Alpha-Oxo Acids Assisted Transformation of FeS to Fe3S4 at Low Temperature: Implications for Abiotic, Biotic, and Prebiotic Mineralization

Astrobiology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1043-1051

  Wang, Wei ^a   Song, Yongli ^a   Wang, Xianjie ^a   Yang, Yanqiang ^a   Liu, Xiaoyang ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Greigite; Iron sulfur protein; Magnetosome; Mineralization; Prebiotic evolution; Oxo acid

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ACETALDEHYDE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; GLYOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GREIGITE; IRON; LACTIC ACID; OXALOACETIC ACID; OXOACID; PHENYLPYRUVIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID; SULFIDE; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOSOME; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHASE TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACETALDEHYDE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYOXYLATES; IRON; KETO ACIDS; KETOGLUTARIC ACIDS; LACTIC ACID; MAGNETICS; MAGNETOSOMES; OXALOACETIC ACID; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PENTANOIC ACIDS; PHASE TRANSITION; PHENYLPYRUVIC ACIDS; PYRUVIC ACID; SULFIDES; TEMPERATURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84951868955     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2015.1373     Document Type: Article

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