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Methane-belching Bugs Inspire A New Theory Of The Origin Of Life On Earth,
ScienceDaily
 









Excerpts: Two laboratories at Penn State set out to show how an obscure undersea
microbe metabolizes carbon monoxide into methane and vinegar. What they found
was not merely a previously unknown biochemical process--their discovery also
became the inspiration for a fundamental new theory of the origin of life on
Earth, reconciling a long-contentious pair of prevailing theories. This new,
"thermodynamic" theory of evolution improves upon both previous theories by
proposing a central role for energy conservation during early evolution, based
on a simple three-step biochemical mechanism. Their results also provide
insights into the evolution of the microbial production of methane, (...).
Source: Methane-belching Bugs Inspire A New Theory Of The Origin Of Life On
Earth[ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/05/060512204140.htm ],
ScienceDaily & Case Western Reserve University, 2006/05/12
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