title: Photosynthesis and early Earth.
abstract: Life has been built on the evolution and innovation of microbial metabolisms. Even with our scant understanding of the full diversity of microbial life, it is clear that microbes have become integral components of the biogeochemical cycles that drive our planet. The antiquity of life further suggests that various microbial metabolisms have been core and essential to global elemental cycling for a majority of Earth's history.
authors.affiliation: Joint BioEnergy Institute, 5885 Hollis St, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA; Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Electronic address: pmshih@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Patrick M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Shih
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D018534:Earth, Planet; D019419:Evolution, Planetary; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D010788:Photosynthesis
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen