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- Title
Palaeobiology: Sea change in sediments.
- Authors
Des Marais, David J.
- Abstract
Examines the microorganisms that were the sole forms of life on the early Earth survived billions of years of profound environmental change. Adaptability of the microorganisms on an ocean floor; Geochemical evidence of changes in the composition of Earth's oceans and atmosphere that occurred over a long period around two billion years ago; Use of the reduced inorganic compounds to harvest energy for the synthesis of their cellular constituents.
- Subjects
MICROBIAL development; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; DEVELOPMENTAL biology; GLOBAL environmental change; ECOLOGY
- Publication
Nature, 2005, Vol 437, Issue 7060, p826
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/437826b