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Bacterial Remains in the Lower Proterozoic Red-Colored Quartzites

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The discovery of numerous bacterial remains (including those morphologically similar to modern ironbacteria) in the lower Proterozoic red-colored quartzites of Shoksha, Karelia, and Bolshoy Tyuters Island of the Gulf of Finland, indicates a significant role of bacterial communities in the formation of hematite pigment in the studied rocks.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to everyone who helped in this research, for a discussion of the results and for valuable advice, especially E.A. Zhegallo, O.S. Samylina, and G.T. Ushatinskaya, as well as L.V. Zaitseva and R.A. Rakitov for helping with scanning electron microscopes.

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The work was supported by project #AAAA-A18-118011590190-0.

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  1. Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117647, Moscow, Russia

    M. M. Astafieva

  2. Institute of Precambrian Geology and Geochronology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

    S. B. Felitsyn

  3. St. Petersburg State University, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

    N. A. Alfimova

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Astafieva, M.M., Felitsyn, S.B. & Alfimova, N.A. Bacterial Remains in the Lower Proterozoic Red-Colored Quartzites. Paleontol. J. 55, 447–454 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003103012104002X

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