Iron minerals within specific microfossil morphospecies of the 1.88 Ga Gunflint Formation

Iron minerals within specific microfossil morphospecies of the 1.88 Ga Gunflint Formation

Fossil microorganisms older than 1.7 billion years are challenging to interpret due to their size, simple shapes, and alteration. Here, in 1.88 billion year old microfossils, the authors show a pattern of cellular preservation and internal iron nanominerals consistent with oxygenic photosynthetic ba...

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Main Authors: Kevin Lepot, Ahmed Addad, Andrew H. Knoll, Jian Wang, David Troadec, Armand Béché, Emmanuelle J. Javaux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14890
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spelling doaj-3689210e18564faeae7dad8027555c0f2021-05-11T07:51:50ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232017-03-018111110.1038/ncomms14890Iron minerals within specific microfossil morphospecies of the 1.88 Ga Gunflint FormationKevin Lepot0Ahmed Addad1Andrew H. Knoll2Jian Wang3David Troadec4Armand Béché5Emmanuelle J. Javaux6Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences, Université de Lille, CNRS UMR8187Unité Matériaux et Transformations, Université de Lille, CNRS UMR8207Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard UniversityCanadian Light Source Inc., University of SaskatchewanInstitut d’Electronique, de Micro-électronique et de Nanotechnologie, CNRS UMR8520Electron Microscopy for Material Science, University of AntwerpDépartement de Géologie, Paléobiogéologie, Paléobotanique & Paléopalynologie, UR Geology, Université de LiègeFossil microorganisms older than 1.7 billion years are challenging to interpret due to their size, simple shapes, and alteration. Here, in 1.88 billion year old microfossils, the authors show a pattern of cellular preservation and internal iron nanominerals consistent with oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14890
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Armand Béché
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Ahmed Addad
Andrew H. Knoll
Jian Wang
David Troadec
Armand Béché
Emmanuelle J. Javaux
Iron minerals within specific microfossil morphospecies of the 1.88 Ga Gunflint Formation
Nature Communications
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Ahmed Addad
Andrew H. Knoll
Jian Wang
David Troadec
Armand Béché
Emmanuelle J. Javaux
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title Iron minerals within specific microfossil morphospecies of the 1.88 Ga Gunflint Formation
title_short Iron minerals within specific microfossil morphospecies of the 1.88 Ga Gunflint Formation
title_full Iron minerals within specific microfossil morphospecies of the 1.88 Ga Gunflint Formation
title_fullStr Iron minerals within specific microfossil morphospecies of the 1.88 Ga Gunflint Formation
title_full_unstemmed Iron minerals within specific microfossil morphospecies of the 1.88 Ga Gunflint Formation
title_sort iron minerals within specific microfossil morphospecies of the 1.88 ga gunflint formation
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
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publishDate 2017-03-01
description Fossil microorganisms older than 1.7 billion years are challenging to interpret due to their size, simple shapes, and alteration. Here, in 1.88 billion year old microfossils, the authors show a pattern of cellular preservation and internal iron nanominerals consistent with oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14890
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