A sulphobe is a film composed of formaldehyde and thiocyanates alleged to have lifelike properties. The name is a portmanteau of sulphur microbe. Sulphobes were a subject in the researches of Alfonso L. Herrera, a biologist who studied the origin of life.
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Further reading
- Bedau, Mark A.; et al. (2009). Protocells: Bridging Nonliving and Living Matter. MIT Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-262-28209-3. OCLC 939059014.
- Ponnamperuma, Cyril; Chela-Flores, Julián (1995). Chemical Evolution: The Structure and Model of the First Cell. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 13–15. ISBN 978-0-7923-3562-7. OCLC 492364104. OL 1279293M.
