Carbonaceous objects resembling nannobacteria in the Allende meteorite

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3441, Issue , 1998, Pages 112-122

  Folk, Robert L ^a   Lynch, F Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Allende; Carbon; Extraterrestrial life; Meteorite; Nannobacteria; Nanobacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBON; CONTAMINATION; METEORITES; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALLENDE METEORITE; CARBONACEOUS OBJECTS; NANNOBACTERIA;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0001500768     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.319830     Document Type: Conference Paper

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