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- Title
Editorial: Last universal common ancestor and origin of life: what uncultivated Bacteria, Archaea, and extremophiles can tell us.
- Authors
Rekadwad, Bhagwan Narayan; Gonzalez, Juan M.; Wen-Jun Li
- Abstract
This article, published in Frontiers in Microbiology, explores the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) and the origin of life on Earth. The authors discuss various theories and propose that the chemical constituents of LUCA may have originated from sources such as soluble reactions, geochemical energy, and simple chemical reactions. They also examine the role of phosphorus compounds in the early evolution of life. The article suggests that studying extremophiles and their unique genetic codes may provide insights into the evolutionary history of life on Earth.
- Subjects
ORIGIN of life; ARCHAEBACTERIA; CATALYTIC RNA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL genomes
- Publication
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024, p1
- ISSN
1664-302X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fmicb.2024.1412625