Pyrite-induced hydroxyl radical formation and its effect on nucleic acids

Corey A Cohn^1,5 , Steffen Mueller² , Eckard Wimmer² , Nicole Leifer³ , Steven Greenbaum³ , Daniel R Strongin^4,5 and Martin AA Schoonen^1,5

¹Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA

²Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, USA

³Department of Physics, Hunter College, New York, NY 10021, USA

⁴Department of Chemistry, Beury Hall 201, 1901 N. 13th Street, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA

⁵Center for Environmental Molecular Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, USA