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Filtering by: Creator Suess, Erwin Language English [eng] Subject Hydrothermal vents -- Microbiology

Procaryotic "coelacanths" : tube-forming microorganisms from submarine hydrothermal environments

Creator:

Baross, John A., Hoffman, Sarah E., Corliss, John B., Gordon, Louis Irwin, 1928-, and Lilley, Marvin D.

Resource Type:

Technical Report

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photographic work. Many thanks to Erwin Suess and Dan Hancock for useful discussions, to Erwin Suess, Charlie
Submarine hydrothermal systems : a probable site for the origin of life

Creator:

Corliss, John B., Baross, John A., and Hoffman, Sarah E.

Abstract:

Submarine hydrothermal systems provide all of the conditions necessary for the abiotic synthesis of organic compounds, polymers, and simple cell-like organisms. An analysis of the Archaean rock and fossil record shows that fossils of simple organisms are found in rocks deposited in hydrothermal environments. Biochemical experiments have shown that thermal...

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Technical Report