Leptotrichites resinatus new genus and species: A fossil sheathed bacterium in alpine cretaceous amber

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 175-184

  Schmidt, Alexander R ^a,b   Schäfer, Ursula ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBER; BACTERIUM; CRETACEOUS; MICROFOSSIL; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PROKARYOTE;

BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SCHILERSEE; WORLD;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; LEPTOTHRIX; LEPTOTRICHITES RESINATUS; PROKARYOTA; TESTACEALOBOSIA;

EID: 12144278162     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2005)079<0175:LRNGAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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