title: Molecular evolution in bacteria: surfaces, cathodes and anodes.
abstract: Molecular evolution is examined in bacteria with an emphasis on mineral surfaces, membranes, cathodes and anodes. In early molecular evolution, cathode-anode system may have been naturally occurring on a nm to micron scale. Secondly, the cathode-anode system could have been separated by a primitive, permeable lipid or microsphere on a mineral surface, that was a precursor of a more advanced membrane with a charge differential on either side of the membrane. These aspects will be considered from a theoretical evolutionary perspective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. jtrevors@uoguelp.ca
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Trevors
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria; D004566:Electrodes; D019418:Evolution, Chemical; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D016678:Genome; D008566:Membranes; D008954:Models, Biological; D000069497:Origin of Life; D013499:Surface Properties