Anoxia Evidence for Eukaryote Survival and Paleontological Strategies /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Altenbach, Alexander V. (Editor), Bernhard, Joan M. (Editor), Seckbach, Joseph (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, 21
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Paleontology.; Geobiology.; Ecology.; Microbiology.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Life Sciences.; Eukaryotic Microbiology.; Biogeosciences.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

ANOXIA defines the lack of free molecular oxygen in an environment. In the presence of organic matter, the metabolism of anaerobic prokaryotes soon produces compounds such as free radicals, hydrogen sulfide, or methane that are typically toxic to aerobes. The concomitance of suppressed respiration a...