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The birthplace of eukaryote in the Paleoproterozoic

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K14828
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 17050:Biogeosciences-related
Research InstitutionOkayama University of Science (2022)
Tokyo Institute of Technology (2019-2021)

Principal Investigator

Sato Tomohiko  岡山理科大学, 基盤教育センター, 准教授 (80714831)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords前期原生代 / 真核生物 / 炭素同位体 / 酸化還元 / ガボン / 化石 / 同位体層序 / 原生代
Outline of Research at the Start

地球生命史において, 真核生物の誕生は最も重要な転換点の一つである. しかし, 一体どのような環境下でその進化が起こったのかは, 未だ謎に包まれている. 真核生物とされる最古の化石は, アフリカ・ガボンの前期原生代 (約22億年前) の地層から発見されている. 本研究では, これらの化石群について, 3次元構造観察および局所分析を行い, 真核生物起源か否かを検証する. また, ガボンの複数地域において地質調査を行い, 化石の時間・空間分布を明らかにする. さらに, 採取した岩石試料の化学分析により, 真核生物出現前後の環境変動を解読し, 真核生物の進化に必要な条件の解明を試みる.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the Earth's history, the Paleoproterozoic Franceville Basins in Gabon is regarded as the birthplace of eukaryote. In order to clarify the temporal and spatial distribution of the biological evolution and the environmental changes in that period, this study conducted the geological fieldwork and inter-regional stratigraphic correlation of litho-facies, fossils, carbon and nitrogen isotopes, etc. In the Lastourville sub-basin, which was located in shallower ocean than the Franceville sub-basin, gradual changes in both carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios were identified. It suggests a gradual change into an anaerobic condition before the appearance of the eukaryotic fossils.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

真核生物の誕生は, 地球生命史における最も大きな進化のジャンプである. その進化がいつどのような環境で起きたのかを地質学・層序学的に解読することは, 生物進化の必要十分条件を解明する鍵として, 地球科学だけでなく生物学においても重要な意義を持つ. 本研究課題で得られた成果を下敷きに, ガボンにおける国際的な陸上掘削プロジェクトも動き始めており, 前期原生代の研究が今後さらに活発化していくと予想される.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (16 results)

All 2023 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (4 results) Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] マスク工科大学(ガボン)

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] マスク工科大学(ガボン)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] マスク工科大学(ガボン)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] マスク工科大学(ガボン)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Depositional condition of Paleoproterozoic Francevillian carbonate rocks revisited from rare earth element contents2023

    • Author(s)
      Yoshida, S., Bakakas, K.M., Ishihara, Y., Moussavou, M., Asanuma, H., Sato, T., Hirata, T., Ligna, C., Sawaki, Y., Edou-Minko, A.
    • Journal Title

      Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Archean Itabirites From Ovan, NE-Gabon: Petrography, Mineralogy And Elemental Mapping2021

    • Author(s)
      Retonda-Kondja Stevy、Ndong-Ondo Simplice Marin、Edou-Minko Ambroise、Sato Tomohiko、Musavu-Moussavou Benjamin、Moussavou Mathieu
    • Journal Title

      European Scientific Journal ESJ

      Volume: 17 Issue: 25 Pages: 380-395

    • DOI

      10.19044/esj.2021.v17n25p380

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] History of the Hadean “Living Microfossil” OD1 and Ultra-reducing Environments2019

    • Author(s)
      SATO Tomohiko、YOSHIYA Kazumi、MARUYAMA Shigenori
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi)

      Volume: 128 Issue: 4 Pages: 571-596

    • DOI

      10.5026/jgeography.128.571

    • NAID

      130007709681

    • ISSN
      0022-135X, 1884-0884
    • Year and Date
      2019-08-25
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Birthplace of Proto-life: Role of Secondary Minerals in Forming Metallo-proteins through Water–Rock Interactions2019

    • Author(s)
      YOSHIYA Kazumi、SATO Tomohiko、OMORI Soichi、MARUYAMA Shigenori
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi)

      Volume: 128 Issue: 4 Pages: 625-647

    • DOI

      10.5026/jgeography.128.625

    • NAID

      130007709657

    • ISSN
      0022-135X, 1884-0884
    • Year and Date
      2019-08-25
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Geology around Natural Reactors and Birthplace of Eukaryotes2019

    • Author(s)
      SAWAKI Yusuke、SATO Tomohiko、FUJISAKI Wataru、UEDA Hisahiro、ASANUMA Hisashi、MARUYAMA Shigenori
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi)

      Volume: 128 Issue: 4 Pages: 549-569

    • DOI

      10.5026/jgeography.128.549

    • NAID

      130007709678

    • ISSN
      0022-135X, 1884-0884
    • Year and Date
      2019-08-25
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Zircon geochronology of the Paleoproterozoic Magondi Supergroup in Zimbabwe: Age constraints to the Lomagundi-Jatuli event.2019

    • Author(s)
      Sawada, H., Mugandani, E., Sato, T., Sawaki, Y., Sakata, S., Isozaki, Y., Maruyama, S.
    • Journal Title

      Terra Nova

      Volume: 31 Issue: 5 Pages: 438-444

    • DOI

      10.1111/ter.12407

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The depositional setting of Francevillian Group, Gabonese Republic, revisited from REE geochemistry2023

    • Author(s)
      Yoshida, S., Asanuma, H., Sato, T., Sawaki, Y., Hirata, T.
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2023
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Redox change in Paleoproterozoic estimated from multiple sulfur isotope analysis of Francevillian successions in Gabon2023

    • Author(s)
      Kurihara, A., Sato, T., Sawaki, Y., Moussavou, M., Ueno, Y.
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2023
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Multiple sulfur isotope geochemistry of pyrites in black shales of the Paleoproterozoic Francevillian successions, Gabon2023

    • Author(s)
      Kurihara, A., Sato, T., Sawaki, Y., Moussavou, M., Ueno, Y.
    • Organizer
      Goldschmidt 2023 Conference
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The demise of the positive carbon isotope excursion in the Paleoproterozoic Francevillian Basins, Gabon.2020

    • Author(s)
      Sato, T., Sawaki, Y., Maruyama, S., Bakakas, K., Ligna, C., Moussavou, M., Edou-Minko, A.
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union-American Geophysical Union Joint Meeting
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ガボン前期原生代フランスヴィル層群の炭酸塩炭素同位体層序2019

    • Author(s)
      佐藤友彦, 澤木佑介, 浅沼尚, 上田修裕, 丸山茂徳
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2019年大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 前期原生代における炭素同位体比正異常の終焉と真核生物の出現2019

    • Author(s)
      佐藤友彦, 澤木佑介, 松井洋平, 丸山茂徳
    • Organizer
      日本地質学会第126 年学術大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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