Photoferrotrophs thrive in an Archean Ocean analogue
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Photoferrotrophs thrive in an Archean Ocean analogue.
Considerable discussion surrounds the potential role of anoxygenic phototrophic Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria in both the genesis of Banded Iron Formations (BIFs) and early marine productivity. However, anoxygenic phototrophs have yet to be identified in modern environments with comparable chemistry and physical structure to the ancient Fe(II)-rich (ferruginous) oceans from which BIFs deposited. La...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0805313105