Comment on "Early Archaean microorganisms preferred elemental sulfur, not sulfate".
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Philippot et al. (Reports, 14 September 2007, p. 1534) interpreted multiple-sulfur isotopic compositions of approximately 3.5-billion-year-old marine sulfide deposits as evidence that early Archaean microorganisms were not sulfate reducers but instead metabolized elemental sulfur. However, their data can be better explained by a scenario involving poor mixing of photochemical and surface sulfide sources.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Science
دوره 319 5868 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007