Evolutionary ecology during the rise of dioxygen in the Earth's atmosphere

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1504, 2008, Pages 2651-2664

  Sleep, Norman H ^a   Bird, Dennis K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxygenic photosynthesis; Archaean; Continental tectonics; Cyanobacteria; Soils and weathering

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANOBACTERIUM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SERPENTINIZATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SULFIDE; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM; WEATHERING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIUM;

EID: 47249124001     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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