| Title |
Modern Subsurface Bacteria in Pristine 2.7 Ga-Old Fossil Stromatolite Drillcore Samples from the Fortescue Group, Western Australia
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, April 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0005298 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Emmanuelle Gérard, David Moreira, Pascal Philippot, Martin J. Van Kranendonk, Purificación López-García |
| Abstract |
Several abiotic processes leading to the formation of life-like signatures or later contamination with actual biogenic traces can blur the interpretation of the earliest fossil record. In recent years, a large body of evidence showing the occurrence of diverse and active microbial communities in the terrestrial subsurface has accumulated. Considering the time elapsed since Archaean sedimentation, the contribution of subsurface microbial communities postdating the rock formation to the fossil biomarker pool and other biogenic remains in Archaean rocks may be far from negligible. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Chile | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Sweden | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Belgium | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 70 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 22% |
| Researcher | 17 | 22% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 10% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Professor | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 15% |
| Unknown | 14 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 25 | 32% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 24 | 30% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 3% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Unknown | 18 | 23% |