The simulated silicification of bacteria - New clues to the modes and timing of bacterial preservation and implications for the search for extraterrestrial microfossils

Astrobiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-26

  Toporski, Jan K W ^a,b   Steele, Andrew ^a,b   Westall, Frances ^c   Thomas Keprta, Kathie L ^d   McKay, David S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bacterial fossils; Biofilms; Experimental; Fossilization; Silica; Silicification; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

SILICIC ACID;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOSSIL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; FOSSILS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SILICIC ACID;

EID: 0036491717     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110702753621312     Document Type: Article

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