Fossils of 2.52 Ga Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria from South Africa

[Oxytropidoceras]

Life before oxygen: UC geologist uncovers 2.5 billion-year-old

fossils of bacteria that predate the formation of oxygen.

University of Cincinnati, November 29, 2016

http://magazine.uc.edu/editors_picks/recent_features/bacteria.html

 

Ancient rocks hold evidence for life before oxygen, University of

Cincinnati, Press Release, November 29, 2016

http://www.heritagedaily.com/2016/11/ancient-rocks-hold-evidence-for-life-before-oxygen/113484

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161129144840.htm

 

Geologist uncovers 2.5 billion-year-old fossils of bacteria that predate

the formation of oxygen by Melanie Schefft, PhysOrg, Nov.29, 2016

http://phys.org/news/2016-11-geologist-uncovers-billion-year-old-fossils-bacteria.html

 

The paper is:

 

Czaja, A. D., N. J. Beukes and J. T. Osterhout, 2016, Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria

prior to the Great Oxidation Event from the 2.52 Ga Gamohaan Formation

of South Africa, Geology. vol. 44, no. 12, pp. 983-986DOI: 10.1130/G38150.1

http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2016/10/07/G38150.1.abstract

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.