Carbon isotopic fractionation associated with lipid biosynthesis by a cyanobacterium: Relevance for interpretation of biomarker records

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 5379-5389

  Sakata, Susumu ^a,b   Hayes, John M ^a,c   McTaggart, Andrew R ^a   Evans, Ronald A ^a   Leckrone, Kristen J ^a,d   Togasaki, Robert K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALKANE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; LIPID; PALMITIC ACID; PHYTOL; PIGMENT;

BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LIPID BIOSYNTHESIS; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; METABOLISM; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; SEDIMENT;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ACETIC ACID; ALKANES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIPIDS; PALMITIC ACID; PHYTOL; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031411346     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00314-1     Document Type: Article

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