Fossilized iron bacteria reveal a pathway to the biological origin of banded iron formation

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Fru, Ernest Chi ^a,b   Ivarsson, Magnus ^a,b   Kilias, Stephanos P ^c   Bengtson, Stefan ^a,b   Belivanova, Veneta ^a   Marone, Federica ^d   Fortin, Danielle ^e   Broman, Curt ^f   Stampanoni, Marco ^d,g  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b Nordic Centre for Earth Evolution (NordCEE)   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC HYDROXIDE; IRON; IRON OXIDE; SEA WATER; SILICON DIOXIDE; TRACE METAL;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DEPOSITION; ENCRUSTATION; FOSSILIZATION; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IRON; IRON OXIDE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PRECAMBRIAN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUATERNARY; SEAWATER; SILICA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; FOSSIL; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHY; PRECAMBRIAN; PRECIPITATION; ROCK;

GREECE; MILOS [SOUTHERN AEGEAN]; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

GALLIONELLACEAE;

EID: 84879634976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3050     Document Type: Article

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