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SUBMITTER: Ozaki K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6616575 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20190709 1
The emergence of oxygenic photosynthesis created a new niche with dramatic potential to transform energy flow through Earth's biosphere. However, more primitive forms of photosynthesis that fix CO<sub>2</sub> into biomass using electrons from reduced species like Fe(II) and H<sub>2</sub> instead of water would have competed with Earth's early oxygenic biosphere for essential nutrients. Here, we combine experimental microbiology, genomic analyses, and Earth system modeling to demonstrate that com ...[more]