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Early Archaean Microorganisms Preferred Elemental Sulfur, Not Sulfate

Philippot, Pascal, Van Zuilen, Mark, Lepot, Kevin, Thomazo, Christophe, Farquhar, James, Van Kranendonk, Martin J.·2007·Science

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Microscopic sulfides with low 34 S/ 32 S ratios in marine sulfate deposits from the 3490-million-yearold Dresser Formation, Australia, have been interpreted as evidence for the presence of early sulfate-reducing organisms on Earth. We show that these microscopic sulfides have a mass-independently fractionated sulfur isotopic anomaly (Δ 33 S) that differs from that of their host sulfate (barite). These microscopic sulfides could not have been produced by sulfate-reducing microbes, nor by abiologic processes that involve reduction of sulfate. Instead, we interpret the combined negative δ 34 S and positive Δ 33 S signature of these microscopic sulfides as evidence for the early existence of organisms that disproportionate elemental sulfur.

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Authors: Philippot, P., Van Zuilen, M., Lepot, K., Thomazo, C., Farquhar, J., & Van Kranendonk, M. J.
Affiliations: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
Equipe Géobiosphère Actuelle et Primitive, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS and Université Denis Diderot, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris cedex, France.
Corresponding author: Philippot, Pascal
ORCID: Philippot, Pascal
Van Zuilen, Mark
Thomazo, Christophe
Farquhar, James
Venue: Science
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published: 2007-09-14
Volume: 317
Issue: 5844
Pages: 1534-1537
ISSN: 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.1145861
OpenAlex: W2049155474
Cited by: 365
References: 32
Citations by year: 2026: 14 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 28 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 21 · 2013: 22 · 2012: 33
FWCI: 17.69
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Science (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
HAL (submittedVersion)
Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Keywords: elemental sulfur, sulfur isotopes, sulfate-reducing bacteria, Dresser Formation, barite, early Earth, microbial sulfur cycling
MeSH terms: Australia, Barium Sulfate, Cold Climate, Hydrogen Sulfide, Oxidation-Reduction, Sulfates, Sulfur, Sulfur Isotopes, Temperature, Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria, Geologic Sediments

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