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Generation of Marked and Markerless Mutants in Model Cyanobacterial Species
Published on: May 29, 2016
パレオゾイクストロマトポロイドの現代サイアノバクテリアの類型である
まとめ
インドネシアのクレーター湖にあるサイアノバクテリアは,古代のストロマトポロイドに似た構造を作り出します. この発見は,古代の海がよりアルカリ性であったことを示唆し,化石化したサイアノバクテリアの理論を支持する.
科学分野:
- 地質学 地質学 地質学
- パレオントロジー・パレオントロジー
- 微生物学 微生物学とは
背景:
- パレオゾイクストロマトポロイドは謎の化石生物である.
- 彼らの生物学的親和性は議論の余地があり,サイアノバクテリアが主要な仮説である.
研究 の 目的:
- パレオゾイクストロマトポロイドに似た現代の石灰岩構造を調査する.
- これらの構造の形成過程とそのストロマトポロイドの起源への影響を理解する.
主な方法:
- インドネシアのサトンダ島にある層状アルカリクレーター湖でのフィールド観測とサンプリング.
- シアノバクテリアマット構造と化過程の分析.
- 水の化学と炭酸塩の過飽和の地化学分析.
主要な成果:
- ココイドサイアノバクテリアによって形成された最近のおよび亜化石の石灰岩構造の発見.
- 2つの異なるカルシフィケーションプロセスの識別: in vivo の低Mgカルシットと死後の微生物で沈殿されたアラゴニット.
- 炭酸カルシウムの超飽和の epilimnion の季節的な変動と関連しています.
結論:
- 現代サイアノバクテリアマットは,ストロマトポロイドのような構造を生成することができます.
- これは,パレオゾイクストロマトポロイドが化石化したシアノバクテリア (ストロマトライト) であるという仮説を支持する.
- 初期のパレオゾイク時代の海は,現代の海よりも炭酸超飽和度が高いアルカリ性であったかもしれない.
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