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Pyrite Formation, the First Energy Source for Life: a Hypothesis
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“It was suggested that redox reactions between precipitated transition metal sulfides, such as iron monosulfide (FeS), could have provided the free energy and electrons for prebiotic synthesis through the generation of pyrite (Wächtershäuser 1988).”
From The Emergence of Life (2019) · cites this paper as Wächtershäuser 1988
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“However, they may still be compatible with a hydrothermal origin of life (e.g.Russell et al. 1988;Wächtershäuser 1988;Shock 1990;Pace 1991;Russell and Hall 1997;Schwartzman and Lineweaver 2004;Wächtershäuser 2006;Ooka et al. 2018), as discussed earlier in this article, considering that the first and last universal common ancestor(s) may have been very different.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wächtershäuser, G.
- Corresponding author
- Wächtershäuser, Günter
- Venue
- Systematic and Applied Microbiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1988-08
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 207-210
- ISSN
- 0723-2020 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1964932530
- Semantic Scholar
- 7514316b1f6719c16191a55476e2eeb5fadf5161
- Cited by
- 374
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 10
- FWCI
- 12.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Systematic and Applied Microbiology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution
- Keywords
- pyrite formation, origin of life, hydrogen sulfide, ferrous ions, early Earth geochemistry, iron sulfide
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