Publication Date:
2013-10-30
Description:
In PNAS, Johnson et al. (1) argue that a hitherto unknown form of photosynthesis using Mn as electron donor was the precursor to the evolution of cyanobacteria. The authors conclude this from chemical tracers, particularly putative remnants of Mn oxides in the rock record some 2.4 billion y ago (1)....
Keywords:
Letters
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General