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The phenotype and antiquity of methanogenic bacteria suggest them to have been one of the major factors determining a dynamic balance between CO2 and CH4 in the primitive atmosphere.
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Woese, C.R. A comment on methanogenic bacteria and the primitive ecology. J Mol Evol 9, 369–371 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01796101
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