Origins: Genesis, Evolution and Diversity of LifeJoseph Seckbach Origins: Genesis, Evolution and Biodiversity of Microbial Life in the Universe is the sixth unit of the book series Cellular Origins, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology (COLE) edited by Joseph Seckbach. In this book forty eminent scientists review their studies in the fields of Life from the beginning to the "Fact of Life". The history of Origin of Life and Astrobiology is well covered by these authors. Reviews cover the standard and alternative scenarios of the genesis of Life, while the chapters of "The First Cells" leading to the biodiversity and extremophiles of microbial Life. Among these extremophiles are the microbes living in the Life's limits, such as in high temperature, psychrophilic, UV radiation, and halophilic environments. The origin and history of Martian water is discussed followed by the possible biogeochemistry inside Titan. This new field of Astrobiology has been presented, from comets as a source of materials and Life on earth to the space for last Frontiers. |
Contents
Historical Review of the Origin of Life and Astrobiology | 15 |
In the Beginning | 35 |
The Chemistry of Lifes Origins | 59 |
SelfAssembly and Properties of Early Membrane | 75 |
Theoretical and Computational Approaches to the Study of the Origin of Life | 91 |
Establishing Protein Nucleic Acid Life via Hydrogen Cyanide | 121 |
The Possible Role of Volcanic Lightning in Chemical Evolution | 137 |
a Mechanism for the Origin of Life | 153 |
Introduction to the Extremophiles | 373 |
A Double Challenge from Extreme Environments | 395 |
Physiology and Phylogeny | 413 |
A Biomodel | 427 |
Phototrophic Bacteria under UV Stress | 445 |
The Tinto River Iberian | 463 |
Glacial Periods on Early Earth and Implications for the Evolution of Life | 481 |
The Evolutionary Ecology of Species Diversity in Stressed and Extreme | 503 |
Prebiotic Interplay between Fatty Acids and Amino Acids in Hydrothermal | 169 |
A Clue to the Understanding of MeteoriteRelated Bacteria | 195 |
Role of NucleotideLike Coenzymes in Primitive Evolution | 215 |
Thermal Constraints on the Origin and Evolution of Life in | 233 |
Paradigm Completion for Generalized Evolutionary Theory with Application | 249 |
The Outlines of Bacterial Evolution | 263 |
Cell Wall Structures of Mesophilic Thermophilic and Hyperthermophilic Archaea | 281 |
Potential Role of Dissimilatory Iron Reduction in the Early Evolution of Microbial | 299 |
The Evolution of Lipids in Prokaryotes | 315 |
A Major Promoter in the Evolution | 329 |
The Viral Eukaryogenesis Theory | 347 |
Vinod Chandra Tewari | 517 |
Microbial Biodiversity within the Vibrionacean | 531 |
Comets and the Origin of Life on the Primitive Earth | 551 |
Evaluating Comets as a Source of Earths Water | 569 |
From Microbial Fossils to Astrobiology | 593 |
From the Origin and Early Evolution of Life | 607 |
A Brief Geological History of Water on Mars | 623 |
Possible Biogeochemical Cycles on Titan | 645 |
Distribution and Destiny of Life in the Universe | 667 |
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