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Archean molecular fossils and the early rise of eukaryotes.
- J. Brocks, G. Logan, R. Buick, R. Summons
- Biology, Medicine
- Science
- 13 August 1999
Molecular fossils of biological lipids are preserved in 2700-million-year-old shales from the Pilbara Craton, Australia. Sequential extraction of adjacent samples shows that these hydrocarbon… Expand
Reassessing the first appearance of eukaryotes and cyanobacteria
- B. Rasmussen, I. Fletcher, J. Brocks, M. Kilburn
- Biology, Medicine
- Nature
- 23 October 2008
The evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis had a profound impact on the Earth’s surface chemistry, leading to a sharp rise in atmospheric oxygen between 2.45 and 2.32 billion years (Gyr) ago and the… Expand
Biomarker evidence for green and purple sulphur bacteria in a stratified Palaeoproterozoic sea
- J. Brocks, G. D. Love, R. Summons, A. Knoll, G. Logan, S. Bowden
- Biology, Medicine
- Nature
- 6 October 2005
The disappearance of iron formations from the geological record ∼1.8 billion years (Gyr) ago was the consequence of rising oxygen levels in the atmosphere starting 2.45–2.32 Gyr ago. It marks the end… Expand
A reconstruction of Archean biological diversity based on molecular fossils from the 2.78 to 2.45 billion-year-old Mount Bruce Supergroup, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia
- J. Brocks, R. Buick, R. Summons, G. Logan
- Geology
- 15 November 2003
Abstract Bitumens extracted from 2.7 to 2.5 billion-year-old (Ga) shales of the Fortescue and Hamersley Groups in the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia, contain traces of molecular fossils. Based on… Expand
Composition and syngeneity of molecular fossils from the 2.78 to 2.45 billion-year-old Mount Bruce Supergroup, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia
- J. Brocks, R. Buick, G. Logan, R. Summons
- Geology
- 15 November 2003
Shales of very low metamorphic grade from the 2.78 to 2.45 billion-year-old (Ga) Mount Bruce Supergroup, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia, were analyzed for solvent extractable hydrocarbons. Samples… Expand
De novo metagenomic assembly reveals abundant novel major lineage of Archaea in hypersaline microbial communities
- Priya Narasingarao, S. Podell, +6 authors E. Allen
- Biology, Medicine
- The ISME Journal
- 2012
This study describes reconstruction of two highly unusual archaeal genomes by de novo metagenomic assembly of multiple, deeply sequenced libraries from surface waters of Lake Tyrrell (LT), a… Expand
The rise of algae in Cryogenian oceans and the emergence of animals
- J. Brocks, A. R. Jarrett, E. Sirantoine, Christian Hallmann, Yosuke Hoshino, T. Liyanage
- Biology, Medicine
- Nature
- 31 August 2017
The transition from dominant bacterial to eukaryotic marine primary productivity was one of the most profound ecological revolutions in the Earth’s history, reorganizing the distribution of carbon… Expand
Okenane, a biomarker for purple sulfur bacteria (Chromatiaceae), and other new carotenoid derivatives from the 1640 Ma Barney Creek Formation
- J. Brocks, P. Schaeffer
- Chemistry
- 1 March 2008
Abstract Carbonates of the 1640 million years (Ma) old Barney Creek Formation (BCF), McArthur Basin, Australia, contain more than 22 different C40 carotenoid derivatives including lycopane,… Expand
Phylogenetic and biochemical evidence for sterol synthesis in the bacterium Gemmata obscuriglobus
- A. Pearson, M. Budin, J. Brocks
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
- 5 December 2003
Sterol biosynthesis is viewed primarily as a eukaryotic process, and the frequency of its occurrence in bacteria has long been a subject of controversy. Two enzymes, squalene monooxygenase and… Expand
Reappraisal of hydrocarbon biomarkers in Archean rocks
- K. French, C. Hallmann, +9 authors R. Summons
- Geology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 27 April 2015
Significance The advent of oxygenic photosynthesis set the stage for the evolution of complex life on an oxygenated planet, but it is unknown when this transformative biochemistry emerged. The… Expand