Summary: CHAPTER SEVEN
J.F. Allen, E. Gantt, J.H. Golbeck, and B. Osmond (eds.),
Photosynthesis. Energy from the Sun:
14th International Congress on Photosynthesis,
1187­1192. © 2008 Springer.
Inorganic Complexes Enabled the Onset of Life
and Oxygenic Photosynthesis
Michael J. Russell1
, John F. Allen2
, and E. James Milner-White3
Abstract Mackinawite ([Fe>>Ni)S]), greigite
(NiS2
[Fe4
S4
]S2
Fe) and a tunnel manganite
(CaMn4
O8
) similar in structure to hollandite were
minerals that enabled the onset of chemosynthesis

Source: Allen, John F. - School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London

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