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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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Autores principales: Mißbach, Helge, Duda, Jan-Peter, van den Kerkhof, Alfons M., Lüders, Volker, Pack, Andreas, Reitner, Joachim, Thiel, Volker
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7889642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33597520
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21323-z