Biology:Eobacterium
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Eobacterium is a fossil genus of probable[1] bacteria from the Fig Tree Formation in South Africa.[2][3] It lived during the Paleoarchean era, around Template:Gigaannum, making it one of the oldest known organisms if it is valid.[4][2] The discovery of Eobacterium and other Fig Tree organisms such as Archaeosphaeroides in the 1960s helped prove that life existed over three billion years ago.[3]
The genus is monospecific, and contains one species, Eobacterium isolatum.[5]
References
- ↑ Eobacterium E.S. Barghoorn & J.W. Schopf, 1966. Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 20 December 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Barghoorn, Elso S.; Schopf, J. William (6 May 1966). "Microorganisms Three Billion Years Old from the Precambrian of South Africa". Science 152 (3723): 758–763. doi:10.1126/science.152.3723.758. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17797444. Bibcode: 1966Sci...152..758B.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Fig Tree microfossils". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.. 2016. https://www.britannica.com/science/Fig-Tree-microfossils. Retrieved Oct 9, 2016.
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