Reply to Wang and Chen: An ancient origin of magnetotactic bacteria

Creators: Lin, Wei; Paterson, Greig A.; Zhu, Qiyun; Wang, Yinzhao; Kopylova, Evguenia; Li, Ying; Knight, Rob; Bazylinski, Dennis A.; Zhu, Rixiang; Kirschvink, Joseph L.; Pan, Yongxin

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Our recent paper (1) reports an ancient origin of magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) before or near the divergence between the phyla Nitrospirae and Proteobacteria, which has implications for the Archean geomagnetic field and paleoenvironment.

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© 2017 National Academy of Sciences. Published online before print June 12, 2017. Author contributions: W.L., G.A.P., Q.Z., Y.W., E.K., Y.L., R.K., D.A.B., R.Z., J.L.K., and Y.P. wrote the paper. The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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