Timing the Evolutionary Advent of Cyanobacteria and the Later Great Oxidation Event Using Gene Phylogenies of a Sunscreen

Timing the Evolutionary Advent of Cyanobacteria and the Later Great Oxidation Event Using Gene Phylogenies of a Sunscreen

The advent of cyanobacteria, with their invention of oxygenic photosynthesis, and the Great Oxidation Event are arguably among the most important events in the evolutionary history of life on Earth. Oxygen is a significant toxicant to all life, but its accumulation in the atmosphere also enabled the...

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Main Authors: Ferran Garcia-Pichel, Jonathan Lombard, Tanya Soule, Sean Dunaj, Steven H. Wu, Martin F. Wojciechowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-05-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
UV photobiology
cyanobacteria
deep evolution
secondary metabolism
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00561-19

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