title: Struvite and prebiotic phosphorylation.
abstract: Struvite, MgNH(4)PO(4).6H(2)O, rather than apatite or amorphous calcium phosphate is precipitated when phosphate is added to seawater containing more than 0.01M NH(4)(+) ions. Struvite may have precipitated from evaporating seawater on the primitive earth, and may have been important for prebiotic phosphorylation.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Handschuh
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Orgel