Prediction of the Maximum Temperature for Life Based on the Stability of Metabolites to Decomposition in Water

The components of life must survive in a cell long enough to perform their function in that cell. Because the rate of attack by water increases with temperature, we can, in principle, predict a maximum temperature above which an active terrestrial metabolism cannot function by analysis of the decomp...

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Main Authors: Bains, William, Xiao, Yao, Yu, Changyong
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: MDPI AG 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98186