Implications of in situ calcification for photosynthesis in a ~3.3Ga-old microbial biofilm from the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 310, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 468-479

  Westall, Frances ^a   Cavalazzi, Barbara ^a,l   Lemelle, Laurence ^b   Marrocchi, Yves ^c,d   Rouzaud, Jean Noël ^d   Simionovici, Alexandre ^e   Salomé, Murielle ^f   Mostefaoui, Smail ^c   Andreazza, Caroline ^g   Foucher, Frédéric ^a   Toporski, Jan ^h   Jauss, Andrea ^h   Thiel, Volker ⁱ   Southam, Gordon ^j   MacLean, Lachlan ^j   Wirick, Susan ^k   Hofmann, Axel ^l   Meibom, Anders ^c   Robert, François ^c   Défarge, Christian ^m  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^f EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^g Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^h WITec Wissenschaftliche Instrumente und Technologie GmbH   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^k STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^m UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

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Author keywords

Aragonite; Barberton; Calcification; Microbial mat; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CARBON; CARBONATE MINERALS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PYRITES; REDOX REACTIONS; SULFUR;

ANOXYGENIC PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ARAGONITE; BARBERTON; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; MICROBIAL BIOFILM; MICROBIAL MAT; NUTRIENT-LIMITED ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS;

BACTERIA;

ARAGONITE; BIOFILM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CALCIFICATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; GREENSTONE BELT; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL MAT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHOTIC ZONE; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROKARYOTE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 80053341797     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.029     Document Type: Article

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