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Cyanobacteria and the Great Oxidation Event: evidence from genes and fossils.
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The overall sentiment reflects strong support and fascination with the research, with posts highlighting the historical significance of cyanobacteria in events like the Great Oxidation. Words like 'incredible,' 'microcosmically sexy,' and references to the 'invasion' or 'conquest' of the world by microbes demonstrate deep curiosity and enthusiasm, although the tone remains mostly educational rather than urgent or controversial.
Most discussions express support or fascination with the research, emphasizing its importance in understanding Earth's history.
The majority of posts show high curiosity, often referencing the significance of cyanobacteria and their role in shaping life and the atmosphere.
Many discussions delve into the details of how cyanobacteria impacted the planet, with users sharing videos, asking questions, and emphasizing the biological processes involved.
While some discussions note the monumental influence of cyanobacteria, most focus on educational value rather than immediate societal implications.
Abstract in brief
- Cyanobacteria are ancient microbes that played a key role in oxygenating Earth's atmosphere during the Great Oxidation Event (GOE) around 2.5 billion years ago, but limited fossil evidence makes their early history hard to study.
- Using genome data from 65 cyanobacterial species, researchers confirmed that multicellularity in cyanobacteria originated before the GOE, suggesting it was an important factor in their evolution and ability to thrive.
- The study highlights that multicellularity was a major evolutionary step for cyanobacteria, likely improving their survival and abundance, and provides new insights into their early development through advanced genetic and fossil reanalysis.]
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Most liked on X and BlueskyThis is a great YouTube channel. And it's probably really really fun to watch while high on edibles. https://t.co/mgQBQMWGQm
Bactérias anaeróbias morrem em contato com oxigênio, mas são muito importantes p nossa saúde, ambiente e indústria Foram os primeiros procariotos a surgir no planeta, e produziram o oxigênio da nossa atmosfera permitindo o surgimento de diversas espécies https://t.co/QYSslhuMCM
Learn how cyanobacteria took over the world using photosynthesis and became the beginning of plant life in this awesome video by @JourneyToMicro! https://t.co/qw3So5FaGx https://t.co/67w7psbKJi
And a heavily downloaded #OA paper from 2015 from our journal Palaeontology, all about cyanobacteria and the great oxidation event, from @glpcjd & colleagues (3/4) https://t.co/3lWZ7f8moF #openaccessweek #oaweek2020 #FossilFriday
Comment les cyanobactéries ont conquis le monde. Voici l'histoire du Grand Événement d'oxydation, et comment dans le processus de destruction du monde. La majeur partie de cette histoire se déroule il y a des milliards d'années. https://t.co/VhKjpR3B6D https://t.co/LfSfxUVhCP
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Cyanobacteria and the Great Oxidation Event: Evolutionary Insights
Cyanobacteria played a crucial role in oxygenating Earth's atmosphere during the Great Oxidation Event around 2.5 billion years ago. This video explores their early evolution, multicellularity, and the genetic and…
Ces bactéries qui ont changé notre planète - #CURIOCEAN 24 (BONUS)
@DayOneWon https://t.co/fDMVkq1JfD
Photosynthesis has been tried successfully in the past. youtu.be/ps2GlGs8oso?...
How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World - YouTube https://t.co/ZqefYw0lSu
@DerFekka Tengo una afición,me gusta cultivar microalgas,uno de los organismos que provocaron el Gran Evento Oxidativo que creó nuestra atmósfera. Los organismos oficiales, que pagamos con nuestros impuestos, no facilitan ni promueven su cultivo. https://t.co/5YaNnFAa3B
@onassiseth @blue_but_dark Not fond of the narrator but watching this now. Interesting
@nanidawockstarr @fromkdwithluv @jaysoulis1 this vid is really informative as well https://t.co/59rhIh5uHb
@jasonaslin1 @hausfath Watch this short description: https://t.co/Dr9UA3YbBe
RT @MichelStarr001: Comment les cyanobactéries ont conquis le monde. Voici l'histoire du Grand Événement d'oxydation, et comment dans le pr…
Comment les cyanobactéries ont conquis le monde. Voici l'histoire du Grand Événement d'oxydation, et comment dans le processus de destruction du monde. La majeur partie de cette histoire se déroule il y a des milliards d'années. https://t.co/VhKjpR3B6D https://t.co/LfSfxUVhCP
@aleskytte @MHemstrom För några miljarder år sedan hände en brutal katastrof. Det kan hända när som helst nu med vår avancerade genteknik. https://t.co/4QMzOAiYFr
How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/EEWGQ0l8jA #CoolBiology
How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/Am6KvfUdtE via @YouTube my new favorite show
@BikesandBitcoin @HodlTarantula As you learn more about the carbon cycle, it will all really start to click. You should watch this, a bit long but it offers a good summary of the macro-historical context for today's energy and climate discussion: https://t.co/rPhYCOE3yV This too: https://t.co/ZNtqZHBXjS
This is extremely microcosmically sexy https://t.co/ypbh7V89QJ
More on the stuff that made us all the oxygen https://t.co/84O2XlOcof
https://t.co/6oEDZwfM8r — https://t.co/HrEVGhSL5U Tera-formation? — "But what about earlier cyanobacteria? The ones which caused the great oxygenation event beginning around 2,500 million years ago? Did they use SODs to manage reactive oxygen species? . .‘yes, they did’. . "
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How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/K2jAcuKZgf @YouTube aracılığıyla
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CO2 ein Problem? https://t.co/1isqwD43td
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Fontes: https://t.co/qtYIvzyLl6 That Time Oxygen Almost Killed Everything, PBS Eons https://t.co/rsAzqpPYoy - How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World, Journey to the Microcosmos https://t.co/l9FrEU6OiY
How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/5dE8LhUjQ6 via @YouTube
How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/cmmiEnt8p5 via @YouTube
RT @JoeySantore: This is a great YouTube channel. And it's probably really really fun to watch while high on edibles. https://t.co/mgQBQMW…
And a heavily downloaded #OA paper from 2015 from our journal Palaeontology, all about cyanobacteria and the great oxidation event, from @glpcjd & colleagues (3/4) https://t.co/3lWZ7f8moF #openaccessweek #oaweek2020 #FossilFriday
How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/L3mleKPnfj
RT @JourneyToMicro: This week we're journeying all the way back to the Archean eon to find out how cyanobacteria took over the world! https…
RT @UptownSpitMom: @svensundgaard It also caused a global extinction event billions of years ago https://t.co/8g1U1VGNni
RT @UptownSpitMom: @svensundgaard It also caused a global extinction event billions of years ago https://t.co/8g1U1VGNni
@svensundgaard It also caused a global extinction event billions of years ago https://t.co/8g1U1VGNni
For every breath we take, we can thank...cyanobacteria. Great video by @JourneyToMicro on how these microbes created the world we live in today. https://t.co/vo7QIxqmAe via @YouTube
RT @Lobo_Lele: Bactérias anaeróbias morrem em contato com oxigênio, mas são muito importantes p nossa saúde, ambiente e indústria Foram os…
Bactérias anaeróbias morrem em contato com oxigênio, mas são muito importantes p nossa saúde, ambiente e indústria Foram os primeiros procariotos a surgir no planeta, e produziram o oxigênio da nossa atmosfera permitindo o surgimento de diversas espécies https://t.co/QYSslhuMCM
How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/DwPzw3nUKZ via @YouTube
https://t.co/p3Cr7RDu2F @GeologyNick @kathywilliams76 the coming of oxygen via life evolving.
RT @elixearth: Learn how cyanobacteria took over the world using photosynthesis and became the beginning of plant life in this awesome vide…
Learn how cyanobacteria took over the world using photosynthesis and became the beginning of plant life in this awesome video by @JourneyToMicro! https://t.co/qw3So5FaGx https://t.co/67w7psbKJi
This is a great YouTube channel. And it's probably really really fun to watch while high on edibles. https://t.co/mgQBQMWGQm
Turns out microbiology has exactly the same look as most VR, but is also ridiculously soothing AND interesting. https://t.co/YLMDqdUXkJ
How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/wY0kv2dPlO via @YouTube
Journey to the Microcosmos The Invasion of Cyanobacteria leads to The Archean Disaster event yet life and the world continues.
How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/MtFbRZ9wKo via @YouTube
RT @Tanai_Cardona: Really enjoyed this: https://t.co/mP2gU1KS3V How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World
Really enjoyed this: https://t.co/mP2gU1KS3V How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World
"it all seems relatively straight forward, the cyanobacteria produced oxygen, the oxygen accumulated, and catastrophe ensued" best story ever https://t.co/nnKUijcVAZ
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Journey into the microcosms is my new favorite youtube channel #phycologywithoutapology https://t.co/viZ9jvzWK3
How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/OuHdWZVumo via @YouTube
RT @yiturquoise: All hail the builder of the ecosystem. How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/vuunvQDsXh via @YouTube
RT @rappolee: How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/MtFbRZ9wKo via @YouTube We where all murdered 700 Million years ago
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How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/KvkU1HDreW via @YouTube
How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/vuGQkGhMa9 via @YouTube
This was a fantastic video to watch directly before bed.
How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/MtFbRZ9wKo via @YouTube We where all murdered 700 Million years ago
How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/5dE8LhUjQ6 via @YouTube
How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/WyeOdzcAW4 via @YouTube
How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/fSL7Py3bnT via @YouTube
How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/vicJAX9HnO via @YouTube
Liked on YouTube: How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/DeSR8AVpHb
How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/4pHfcZlGtM przez @YouTube polecam relaksujący filmik o cyjanobakteriach
Science ASMR https://t.co/PFfxdSHvdE
https://t.co/1RSkgwRHVU Mind blown to bits! I love this channel, but this one obviously resonates because of my love of the blue stuff. #cyanotype #microcosm
"And if something as small as cyanobacteria can set of a catastrophe of extinction and ice, well, then what will the planet look like when we're through with it?" https://t.co/D93SlsyuG1
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RT @JourneyToMicro: This week we're journeying all the way back to the Archean eon to find out how cyanobacteria took over the world! https…
RT @JourneyToMicro: This week we're journeying all the way back to the Archean eon to find out how cyanobacteria took over the world! https…
RT @JourneyToMicro: This week we're journeying all the way back to the Archean eon to find out how cyanobacteria took over the world! https…
RT @JourneyToMicro: This week we're journeying all the way back to the Archean eon to find out how cyanobacteria took over the world! https…
RT @JourneyToMicro: This week we're journeying all the way back to the Archean eon to find out how cyanobacteria took over the world! https…
This week we're journeying all the way back to the Archean eon to find out how cyanobacteria took over the world! https://t.co/j0CDfdFtln https://t.co/wCHpZ1ikHX
@LonelyCrimson enjoy a comfy video about microbes https://t.co/CnHo24vjTT
How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/U1kfbgo3ta via @YouTube
Scientific conjecture about what went down 2.5 B ya during the Great Oxidation Event. Some of it is still a cliff hanger of known unknowns. https://t.co/majLozTk6T
How Cyanobacteria Took Over The World https://t.co/1LhtEYDoGl via @YouTube
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