Links Between Modern and Fossil Microbes and the Evolution of Life in Earth's Extreme Early Environments

了解极端环境下早期和现代生活的探索解决了人类一些最深刻的问题。光谱学技术在现代和化石微生物研究中的新应用为建立原始生物和化石生物之间的联系提供了前所未有的机会，从而丰富了我们对生命早期进化及其与地球早期环境相互作用的理解。该项目将塑造地球的基本过程联系起来，因此符合国家研究优先事项1：一个环境可持续发展的澳大利亚。

The quest to understand early and modern life in extreme environments tackles some of the most profound questions of humankind. The novel application of spectroscopic techniques to investigate modern and fossil microbes presents an unprecedented opportunity to establish the link between primitive living and fossil organisms, thus enriching our understanding of the early evolution of life and its interactions with Earth's early environments. The project links fundamental processes that shaped the Earth and thus fits into the National Research Priority 1: An Environmentally Sustainable Australia.