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Carbon-containing pyrite spherules: mineral biosignatures in black smokers?
Chloé Truong
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Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Paris, France
present address: Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée (IMM), CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU), Marseille, France
Sylvain Bernard
Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Paris, France
François Baudin
Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris (ISTeP), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Paris, France
Aurore Gorlas
Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
François Guyot
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Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Université, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Paris, France
Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Paris, France
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Short summary
Known as black smokers, sulfur-rich hydrothermal vents expel hot metal-rich water (~ 400°C). These extreme environments host micro-organisms capable of living at over 100°C. But to date, we do not know whether these microorganisms influence the formation of hydrothermal vents. The comparative study of minerals along the chimney wall is an essential step in determining whether microorganisms may have colonized and influenced mineral formation in certain parts of the chimney.
Known as black smokers, sulfur-rich hydrothermal vents expel hot metal-rich water (~ 400°C)....
