title: Reply to Dvořák et al.: Apparent evolutionary stasis of ancient subseafloor sulfur cycling biocoenoses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life, and Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095; Penn State Astrobiology Research Center, University Park, PA 16802; Astrobiology Research Consortium and schopf@ess.ucla.edu.
authors.forename: J William
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Schopf
authors.affiliation: Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life, and Penn State Astrobiology Research Center, University Park, PA 16802; Astrobiology Research Consortium and.
authors.forename: Anatoliy B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Kudryavtsev
authors.affiliation: Australian Centre for Astrobiology, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and.
authors.forename: Malcolm R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.affiliation: Australian Centre for Astrobiology, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems, University of New South Wales, Randwick, NSW 2052, Australia;
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Van Kranendonk
authors.affiliation: Astrobiology Research Consortium and Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109; and Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706;
authors.forename: Kenneth H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Williford
authors.affiliation: Astrobiology Research Consortium and Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706;
authors.forename: Reinhard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kozdon
authors.affiliation: Astrobiology Research Consortium and Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706;
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Valley
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oceanografía, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
authors.forename: Victor A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Gallardo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oceanografía, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
authors.forename: Carola
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Espinoza
authors.affiliation: Australian Centre for Astrobiology, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109; and.
authors.forename: David T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Flannery
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005580:Fossils / Q000382:microbiology*; D013455:Sulfur / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D013455:Sulfur