title: Planetary systems biology.
abstract: Combining paleogenetics, protein engineering, synthetic biology, and metabolic modeling, a planetary biology perspective is brought to bear on adaptive evolutionary events in ancient bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
authors.forename: Steven A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Benner
authors.forename: Alonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ricardo
mesh_terms: D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism; D004798:Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D008829:Microbiology; D013598:Systems Theory
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D004798:Enzymes