Microfossils of sulphur-metabolizing cells in 3.4-billion-year-old rocks of Western Australia (original) (raw)
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Abstract
Geochemical evidence suggests that sulphur-metabolizing bacteria were present at least 3.5 billion years ago. Geochemical and petrological analyses of microstructures from 3.4-billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia suggest they are the remains of early sulphur-reducing and sulphur-disproportionating bacteria.
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Nature Geoscience
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October 2011
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