Ancient origin of microbial biomineralization and magnetotaxis

Wei Lin1, Greig A Paterson1, Dennis A Bazylinski2, Rixiang Zhu3, Joseph L Kirschvink4 and Yongxin Pan1, (1)Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, United States, (3)Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Beijing, China, (4)California Institute of Technology, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Pasadena, United States