Fossilized bioelectric wire – the trace fossil Trichichnus

Kędzierski, M.; Uchman, A.; Sawlowicz, Z.; Briguglio, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2301-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2301-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-2301-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 8

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16 Apr 2015

Research article |

| 16 Apr 2015

Fossilized bioelectric wire – the trace fossil Trichichnus

M. Kędzierski, A. Uchman, Z. Sawlowicz, and A. Briguglio

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RC C7810: 'fossil biogeobattery', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Jan 2015
- AC C8704: 'Response to Referee #1', Mariusz Kedzierski, 12 Feb 2015
RC C8049: 'Review of Kedzierski et al Fossilized bioelectric wire – the trace fossil Trichichnus', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Jan 2015
- AC C8706: 'Response to Referee #2', Mariusz Kedzierski, 12 Feb 2015

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (25 Mar 2015) by Jack Middelburg

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In our study we propose new interpretation of commonly found trace fossil of genus Trichichnus which can be regarded as a fossilised bacterial mat system produced by giant sulphur bacteria related to genus Thioploca. We suggest that the bioelectrical processes may occur during some stages of live and/or post-mortem history of Thioploca-housed bacterial consortium. This greatly improves our understaniding of initial colonization of the marine sea floor after improvements of oxygenation.