[PDF][PDF] A critical review of mineral–microbe interaction and co-evolution: mechanisms and applications

H Dong, L Huang, L Zhao, Q Zeng, X Liu… - National science …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Mineral–microbe interactions play important roles in environmental change, biogeochemical
cycling of elements and formation of ore deposits. Minerals provide both beneficial (physical …

Mn4Ca Cluster in Photosynthesis: Where and How Water is Oxidized to Dioxygen

J Yano, V Yachandra - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Oxygen, which supports all aerobic life, is produced by photosynthetic water oxidation in
plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. The water-oxidation reaction probably first appeared in …

[BOOK][B] Geomicrobiology

HL Ehrlich, DK Newman - 2008 - taylorfrancis.com
Uncovers the Key Role Microbes Play in the Transformation of Oxidizable and Reducible
MineralsMany areas of geomicrobial processes are receiving serious attention from …

Timing and tempo of the Great Oxidation Event

AP Gumsley, KR Chamberlain… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
The first significant buildup in atmospheric oxygen, the Great Oxidation Event (GOE), began
in the early Paleoproterozoic in association with global glaciations and continued until the …

On the origins of oxygenic photosynthesis and aerobic respiration in Cyanobacteria

RM Soo, J Hemp, DH Parks, WW Fischer… - Science, 2017 - science.org
The origin of oxygenic photosynthesis in Cyanobacteria led to the rise of oxygen on Earth~
2.3 billion years ago, profoundly altering the course of evolution by facilitating the …

The evolution and evolvability of photosystem II

T Oliver, TD Kim, JP Trinugroho… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Photosystem II is the water-oxidizing and O2-evolving enzyme of photosynthesis. How and
when this remarkable enzyme arose are fundamental questions in the history of life that …

Rapid oxygenation of Earth's atmosphere 2.33 billion years ago

G Luo, S Ono, NJ Beukes, DT Wang, S **e… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
Molecular oxygen (O2) is, and has been, a primary driver of biological evolution and shapes
the contemporary landscape of Earth's biogeochemical cycles. Although “whiffs” of oxygen …

[BOOK][B] Organism and environment: ecological development, niche construction, and adaptation

SE Sultan - 2015 - books.google.com
Over the past decade, advances in both molecular developmental biology and evolutionary
ecology have made possible a new understanding of organisms as dynamic systems …

Evidence for oxygenic photosynthesis half a billion years before the Great Oxidation Event

NJ Planavsky, D Asael, A Hofmann, CT Reinhard… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The early Earth was characterized by the absence of oxygen in the ocean–atmosphere
system, in contrast to the well-oxygenated conditions that prevail today. Atmospheric …

Reexamination of 2.5-Ga “whiff” of oxygen interval points to anoxic ocean before GOE

SP Slotznick, JE Johnson, B Rasmussen, TD Raub… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Transient appearances of oxygen have been inferred before the Great Oxygenation Event
(GOE)[∼ 2.3 billion years (Ga) ago] based on redox-sensitive elements such as Mo and S …