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Softhearted · 07-27-2011, 09:52 PM

Bacteria helped early animals to breathe:

Microbial mats might have functioned as oxygen oases for primitive multicellular life.

http://www.nature.com/news/2011/1105....2011.290.html

Gingras, M. et al. (2011). Possible evolution of mobile animals in association with microbial mats. Nature Geoscience, 4: 372-375.

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Softhearted Member How Do You Identify?: --- Preferred Pronoun?: ---- Relationship Status: --- Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: --- Posts: 298 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 454 Thanked 285 Times in 109 Posts Rep Power: 1556234	They might be the smallest of all living organisms but they are so important in the cycle of life! Bacteria helped early animals to breathe: Microbial mats might have functioned as oxygen oases for primitive multicellular life. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/1105....2011.290.html Gingras, M. et al. (2011). Possible evolution of mobile animals in association with microbial mats. Nature Geoscience, 4: 372-375.