Indigenous microfossils in carbonaceous meteorites

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5555, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-17

  Hoover, Richard B ^a   Jerman, Gregory ^a   Rozanov, Alexei Yu ^b   Sipiera, Paul P ^c  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Planetary Studies Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bells; Cyanobacteria; Ivuna; Meteorites; Microcoleus; Microfossils; Mono Lake; Murchison; Orgueil; Sulfur and sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; IVUNA; MICROCOLEUS ORGUEIL; MICROFOSSILS; MONO LAKE; MURCHISON; SULFUR- AND SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA; BELLS; BIOFILMS; CARBON; CELLS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FOSSIL FUELS; IMPURITIES; LAKES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR; X RAY ANALYSIS;

METEORITES;

EID: 14944340636     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.566491     Document Type: Conference Paper

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