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

It is widely hypothesised that primeval life utilized 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 the authors report the existence of indigenous organic molecules and gases i...

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Autores principales: Helge Mißbach, Jan-Peter Duda, Alfons M. van den Kerkhof, Volker Lüders, Andreas Pack, Joachim Reitner, Volker Thiel
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:44988b69b51847e0866403a0276786cb2021-12-02T14:03:51ZIngredients for microbial life preserved in 3.5 billion-year-old fluid inclusions10.1038/s41467-021-21323-z2041-1723https://doaj.org/article/44988b69b51847e0866403a0276786cb2021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21323-zhttps://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723It is widely hypothesised that primeval life utilized 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 the authors report the existence of indigenous organic molecules and gases in primary fluid inclusions in c. 3.5- billion-year-old rocks from Western Australia.Helge MißbachJan-Peter DudaAlfons M. van den KerkhofVolker LüdersAndreas PackJoachim ReitnerVolker ThielNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
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Helge Mißbach
Jan-Peter Duda
Alfons M. van den Kerkhof
Volker Lüders
Andreas Pack
Joachim Reitner
Volker Thiel
Ingredients for microbial life preserved in 3.5 billion-year-old fluid inclusions
description It is widely hypothesised that primeval life utilized 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 the authors report the existence of indigenous organic molecules and gases in primary fluid inclusions in c. 3.5- billion-year-old rocks from Western Australia.
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author Helge Mißbach
Jan-Peter Duda
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Volker Lüders
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Volker Thiel
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title Ingredients for microbial life preserved in 3.5 billion-year-old fluid inclusions
title_short Ingredients for microbial life preserved in 3.5 billion-year-old fluid inclusions
title_full Ingredients for microbial life preserved in 3.5 billion-year-old fluid inclusions
title_fullStr Ingredients for microbial life preserved in 3.5 billion-year-old fluid inclusions
title_full_unstemmed Ingredients for microbial life preserved in 3.5 billion-year-old fluid inclusions
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