Hydrothermal vents and the origin of life

被引：1006

作者：

Martin, William ^{[1
]}

Baross, John ^{[2
]}

Kelley, Deborah ^{[2
]}

Russell, Michael J. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Dusseldorf, Inst Bot 3, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany

[2] Univ Washington, Sch Oceanog, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

[3] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA

来源：

NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY | 2008年 / 6卷 / 11期

基金：

美国海洋和大气管理局; 美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1038/nrmicro1991

中图分类号：

Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 ; 100705 ;

摘要：

Submarine hydrothermal vents are geochemically reactive habitats that harbour rich microbial communities. There are striking parallels between the chemistry of the H-2-CO2 redox couple that is present in hydrothermal systems and the core energy metabolic reactions of some modern prokaryotic autotrophs. The biochemistry of these autotrophs might, in turn, harbour clues about the kinds of reactions that initiated the chemistry of life. Hydrothermal vents thus unite microbiology and geology to breathe new life into research into one of biology's most important questions - what is the origin of life?

引用

页码：805 / 814

页数：10

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