Rare 2.5-billion-year-old rocks reveal hot spot of sulfur-breathing bacteria

Wriggle your toes in a marsh's mucky bottom sediment and you'll probably inhale a rotten egg smell, the distinctive odor of hydrogen sulfide gas. That's the biochemical signature of sulfur-using bacteria, one of Earth's most ancient and widespread life forms.

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