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Geoelectrochemical CO production: Implications for the autotrophic origin of life
- Norio Kitadai1,*,
- Ryuhei Nakamura1,2,
- Masahiro Yamamoto3,
- Ken Takai1,3,
- Yamei Li2,
- Akira Yamaguchi4,
- Alexis Gilbert1,5,
- Yuichiro Ueno1,5,
- Naohiro Yoshida1,6 and
- Yoshi Oono7
- 1Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan.
- 2Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
- 3Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan.
- 4Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, S7-9, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan.
- 5Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan.
- 6Department of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanazawa 226-8503, Japan.
- 7Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801–3080, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: nkitadai{at}elsi.jp
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Science Advances 04 Apr 2018:
Vol. 4, no. 4, eaao7265
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao7265
Vol. 4, no. 4, eaao7265
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao7265
Norio Kitadai
1Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan.
Ryuhei Nakamura
1Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan.
2Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
Masahiro Yamamoto
3Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan.
Ken Takai
1Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan.
3Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan.
Yamei Li
2Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
Akira Yamaguchi
4Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, S7-9, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan.
Alexis Gilbert
1Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan.
5Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan.
Yuichiro Ueno
1Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan.
5Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan.
Naohiro Yoshida
1Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan.
6Department of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanazawa 226-8503, Japan.
Yoshi Oono
7Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801–3080, USA.
