Life on the early earth: A sedimentary view

Science

Volumn 308, Issue 5720, 2005, Pages 366-367

  Westall, Frances ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

EARLY EARTH; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

CYANOBACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; LIFE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SHORT SURVEY; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ARCHAEA; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIFE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 17244368919     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1107227     Document Type: Short Survey

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