Reaction sequence of iron sulfide minerals in bacteria and their use as biomarkers

Science

Volumn 280, Issue 5365, 1998, Pages 880-883

  Pósfai, Mihály ^a,d   Buseck, Peter R ^a   Bazylinski, Dennis A ^b   Frankel, Richard B ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL;

BACTERIA; GREIGITE; MAGNETIC MINERAL; METEORITE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIUM; CRYSTAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; IRON; MAGNETICS; MARS; METEOROIDS; SULFIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0042562443     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5365.880     Document Type: Article

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