Evidence for arsenic metabolism and cycling by microorganisms 2.7 billion years ago

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 811-815

  Sforna, Marie Catherine ^a   Philippot, Pascal ^a   Somogyi, Andrea ^b   Van Zuilen, Mark A ^a   Medjoubi, Kadda ^b   Schoepp Cothenet, Barbara ^c   Nitschke, Wolfgang ^c   Visscher, Pieter T ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARSENIC; FOSSIL RECORD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECAMBRIAN; STROMATOLITE;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84908506046     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2276     Document Type: Article

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