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Earth's ancient oceans were purple because of purple sulfur bacteria.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that Earth's ancient oceans were purple because of purple sulfur bacteria?

Unclear. Several sources indicate purple sulfur bacteria were present and dominant as primary producers in ancient anoxic oceans and their modern analogs, and one source suggests early Earth's biosphere was purple via retinal pigments. None of the placed items establishes that the ancient oceans themselves were purple because of purple sulfur bacteria.

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Purple sulfur bacteria
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Purple sulfur bacteria. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_sulfur_bacteria

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Purple Earth hypothesis - Wikipedia
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Purple Earth hypothesis - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Earth_hypothesis

Viral activity in lake analogs of anoxic early Earth oceans.
2025
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NS, V., BA, W., A, B., J, M., AK, S., MD, O., J, F., JM, F., JP, W., 3rd, G. W., & CB, S. (2025). Viral activity in lake analogs of anoxic early Earth oceans.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-025-02085-y

Vertical microbial fluxes in a modern permanently redox‐stratified lake provide insights into organic carbon sequestration and benthic–pelagic coupling during the Proterozoic Eon
2025
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Cohen, A. B., Klepac-Ceraj, V., Bidas, K., Weber, F., Garber, A., Christensen, L. N., Yagudaeva, M., Cram, J. A., McCormick, M. L., & Taylor, G. T. (2025). Vertical microbial fluxes in a modern permanently redox‐stratified lake provide insights into organic carbon sequestration and benthic–pelagic coupling during the Proterozoic Eon. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70096

Bacterial, Phytoplankton, and Viral Distributions and Their Biogeochemical Contexts in Meromictic Lake Cadagno Offer Insights into the Proterozoic Ocean Microbial Loop
2022
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Saini, J. S., Hassler, C., Cable, R. N., Fourquez, M., Danza, F., Roman, S., Tonolla, M., Storelli, N., Jacquet, S., Zdobnov, E., & Duhaime, M. (2022). Bacterial, Phytoplankton, and Viral Distributions and Their Biogeochemical Contexts in Meromictic Lake Cadagno Offer Insights into the Proterozoic Ocean Microbial Loop. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00052-22

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