The proterozoic history and present state of cyanobacteria

Mikrobiologiya

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 725-740

  Sergeev, V N ^a   Gerasimenko, L M ^b   Zavarzin, G A ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Archean; Cyanobacteria; Eukaryotes; Microfossils; Precambrian; Prokaryotes; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; SILICATE;

BIOGENESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; KAZAKHSTAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PROKARYOTIC CELL; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEDIMENT;

BIOGENESIS; CARBONATES; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KAZAKHSTAN; PHOSPHATES; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SIBERIA; SILICATES;

EID: 0036877570     PISSN: 00263656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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