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Searching across deep time to understand “ecogenesis”
April 7, 2023![](https://eaps-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/8122029397_f7d6867235_o_2-1-scaled-575x0-c-default.jpg)
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Microbes and minerals may have set off Earth’s oxygenation
March 14, 2022![](https://eaps-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/MIT-First-Photo-01-press_0-1-575x0-c-default.jpg)
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MIT Integrative Microbiology Initiative will stimulate environmental microbiology research
September 16, 2020
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