Bacteria in the Tatahouine meteorite: Nanometric-scale life in rocks

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 161-167

  Gillet, Ph ^a   Barrat, J A ^b   Heulin, Th ^c   Achouak, W ^a   Lesourd, M ^d   Guyot, F ^e   Benzerara, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^c IRFM   (France)

^d Universite d'Angers   (France)

^e INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Alteration; Bacteria; Carbonates; Exobiology; Meteorites

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; EXOBIOLOGY; MARTIAN METEORITE; METEORITE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EXOBIOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METEOROIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 0034652528     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00291-5     Document Type: Article

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