Microbial Diversity and Sulfur Cycling in an Early Earth Analogue: From Ancient Novelty to Modern Commonality

ABSTRACT Life emerged and diversified in the absence of molecular oxygen. The prevailing anoxia and unique sulfur chemistry in the Paleo-, Meso-, and Neoarchean and early Proterozoic eras may have supported microbial communities that differ from those currently thriving on the earth’s surface. Zodle...

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Main Authors: C. Ryan Hahn, Ibrahim F. Farag, Chelsea L. Murphy, Mircea Podar, Mostafa S. Elshahed, Noha H. Youssef
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-04-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00016-22