Late Proterozoic rise in atmospheric oxygen concentration inferred from 
phylogenetic and sulphur-isotope studies

Canfield, Donald E.; Teske, Andreas

doi:10.1038/382127a0

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Late Proterozoic rise in atmospheric oxygen concentration inferred from phylogenetic and sulphur-isotope studies

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Canfield, Donald E.
Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society;

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Teske, Andreas
Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society;

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Canfield, D. E., & Teske, A. (1996). Late Proterozoic rise in atmospheric oxygen concentration inferred from phylogenetic and sulphur-isotope studies. Nature, 382(6587), 127-132. doi:10.1038/382127a0.

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Abstract

The evolution of non-photosynthetic sulphide-oxidizing bacteria was contemporaneous with a large shift in the isotopic composition of biogenic sedimentary sulphides between 0.64 and 1.05 billion years ago. Both events were probably driven by a vise in atmospheric oxygen concentrations to greater than 5-18% of present levels-a change that may also have triggered the evolution of animals.