Modern arsenotrophic microbial mats provide an analogue for life in the anoxic Archean

Arsenic-consuming microbes of the hypersaline Laguna La Brava in Chile may be an analogue for early life during the anoxic conditions of the Archean, according to geochemical and metagenomic analyses of the extant microbial mats

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Main Authors: Pieter T. Visscher, Kimberley L. Gallagher, Anthony Bouton, Maria E. Farias, Daniel Kurth, Maria Sancho-Tomás, Pascal Philippot, Andrea Somogyi, Kadda Medjoubi, Emmanuelle Vennin, Raphaël Bourillot, Malcolm R. Walter, Brendan P. Burns, Manuel Contreras, Christophe Dupraz
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-09-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00025-2
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Daniel Kurth
Maria Sancho-Tomás
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Kadda Medjoubi
Emmanuelle Vennin
Raphaël Bourillot
Malcolm R. Walter
Brendan P. Burns
Manuel Contreras
Christophe Dupraz
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spelling doaj.art-16cf798c58c84fbe8c3a02e27036261f2022-12-21T23:10:35ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Earth & Environment2662-44352020-09-011111010.1038/s43247-020-00025-2Modern arsenotrophic microbial mats provide an analogue for life in the anoxic ArcheanPieter T. Visscher0Kimberley L. Gallagher1Anthony Bouton2Maria E. Farias3Daniel Kurth4Maria Sancho-Tomás5Pascal Philippot6Andrea Somogyi7Kadda Medjoubi8Emmanuelle Vennin9Raphaël Bourillot10Malcolm R. Walter11Brendan P. Burns12Manuel Contreras13Christophe Dupraz14Departments of Marine Sciences and Geosciences, The University of ConnecticutDepartments of Marine Sciences and Geosciences, The University of ConnecticutDepartments of Marine Sciences and Geosciences, The University of ConnecticutLIMLA - PROIMI - CONICETLIMLA - PROIMI - CONICETGéoscience, Université de MontpellierGéoscience, Université de MontpellierSynchrotron SoleilSynchrotron SoleilBiogeosciences, Université de Bourgogne Franche-ComtéGéoressources & Environnement, Ensegid, Bordeaux INPAustralian Centre for Astrobiology, University of New South WalesAustralian Centre for Astrobiology, University of New South WalesCentro de Ecología Aplicada (CEA)Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm UniversityArsenic-consuming microbes of the hypersaline Laguna La Brava in Chile may be an analogue for early life during the anoxic conditions of the Archean, according to geochemical and metagenomic analyses of the extant microbial matshttps://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00025-2
spellingShingle Pieter T. Visscher
Kimberley L. Gallagher
Anthony Bouton
Maria E. Farias
Daniel Kurth
Maria Sancho-Tomás
Pascal Philippot
Andrea Somogyi
Kadda Medjoubi
Emmanuelle Vennin
Raphaël Bourillot
Malcolm R. Walter
Brendan P. Burns
Manuel Contreras
Christophe Dupraz
Modern arsenotrophic microbial mats provide an analogue for life in the anoxic Archean
Communications Earth & Environment
title Modern arsenotrophic microbial mats provide an analogue for life in the anoxic Archean
title_full Modern arsenotrophic microbial mats provide an analogue for life in the anoxic Archean
title_fullStr Modern arsenotrophic microbial mats provide an analogue for life in the anoxic Archean
title_full_unstemmed Modern arsenotrophic microbial mats provide an analogue for life in the anoxic Archean
title_short Modern arsenotrophic microbial mats provide an analogue for life in the anoxic Archean
title_sort modern arsenotrophic microbial mats provide an analogue for life in the anoxic archean
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00025-2
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