Ingredients for microbial life preserved in 3.5 billion-year-old fluid inclusions

It is widely hypothesised that primeval life utilised small organic molecules as sources of carbon and energy. However, the presence of such primordial ingredients in early Earth habitats has not yet been demonstrated. Here we report the existence of indigenous organic molecules and gases in primary...

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Published in:Nat Commun
Main Authors: Mißbach, Helge, Duda, Jan-Peter, van den Kerkhof, Alfons M., Lüders, Volker, Pack, Andreas, Reitner, Joachim, Thiel, Volker
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7889642/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33597520
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21323-z
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