[HTML][HTML] The Paleoproterozoic fossil record: implications for the evolution of the biosphere during Earth's middle-age

EJ Javaux, K Lepot - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Paleoproterozoic (2.5–1.6 Ga) Era is a decisive time in Earth and life history.
The paleobiological record (microfossils, stromatolites, biomarkers and isotopes) illustrates …

The biogeochemistry of ferruginous lakes and past ferruginous oceans

ED Swanner, N Lambrecht, C Wittkop, C Harding… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Anoxic and iron-rich (ferruginous) conditions prevailed in the ocean under the low-oxygen
atmosphere that occurred through most of the Archean Eon. While euxinic conditions (ie …

The interplay between microalgae and toxic metal (loid) s: mechanisms and implications in AMD phycoremediation coupled with Fe/Mn mineralization

D Chen, G Wang, C Chen, Z Feng, Y Jiang, H Yu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is low-pH with high concentration of sulfates and toxic metal
(loid) s (eg As, Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn), thereby posing a global environmental problem. For …

3D bioprinting of mineralizing cyanobacteria as novel approach for the fabrication of living building materials

O Reinhardt, S Ihmann, M Ahlhelm… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Living building materials (LBM) are gaining interest in the field of sustainable alternative
construction materials to reduce the significant impact of the construction industry on global …

Sulfur and carbon isotopic evidence for metabolic pathway evolution and a four-stepped Earth system progression across the Archean and Paleoproterozoic

JR Havig, TL Hamilton, A Bachan, LR Kump - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The Earth's mantle has provided a ready redox gradient of sulfur compounds (SO 2, H 2 S)
since the stabilization of the crust and formation of the ocean over 4 billion years ago, and …

Photoferrotrophy, deposition of banded iron formations, and methane production in Archean oceans

KJ Thompson, PA Kenward, KW Bauer, T Warchola… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Banded iron formation (BIF) deposition was the likely result of oxidation of ferrous iron in
seawater by either oxygenic photosynthesis or iron-dependent anoxygenic photosynthesis …

Progress and challenges in ocean metaproteomics and proposed best practices for data sharing

MA Saito, EM Bertrand, ME Duffy… - Journal of proteome …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Ocean metaproteomics is an emerging field enabling discoveries about marine microbial
communities and their impact on global biogeochemical processes. Recent ocean …

Photoferrotrophy: remains of an ancient photosynthesis in modern environments

A Camacho, XA Walter, A Picazo, J Zopfi - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Photoferrotrophy, the process by which inorganic carbon is fixed into organic matter using
light as an energy source and reduced iron [Fe (II)] as an electron donor, has been proposed …

The formation of magnetite in the early Archean oceans

YL Li, KO Konhauser, M Zhai - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Banded iron formations (BIFs) are iron-and silica-rich chemical sedimentary rocks that were
deposited throughout much of the Precambrian. The biological oxidation of dissolved Fe (II) …

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

K Lepot, A Addad, AH Knoll, J Wang, D Troadec… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Problematic microfossils dominate the palaeontological record between the Great Oxidation
Event 2.4 billion years ago (Ga) and the last Palaeoproterozoic iron formations, deposited …