12.458 Molecular Biogeochemistry, Fall 2009

Summons, Roger

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Summons, Roger

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Molecular Biogeochemistry

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Abstract

This course evaluates and discusses the formation and diagnostic structural properties of organic compounds with particular emphasis on those molecules which form chemical fossils. The course is structured around the biosynthetic and phylogenetic origins of recalcitrant hydrocarbons.

Date issued

2009-12

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73641

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12.458-Fall2009

local: 12.458

local: IMSCP-MD5-05438fa97e9045d6444b7238146a46a6

Keywords

molecular biogeochemistry, biosynthesis, phylogenetic origins, acetogenic lipids, acylic isoprenoids, molecular biosugnatures, steroids, mass spectrometry

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