Lichen-like symbiosis 600 million years ago

Science

Volumn 308, Issue 5724, 2005, Pages 1017-1020

  Yuan, Xunlai ^a   Xiao, Shuhai ^b   Taylor, T N ^c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEMS; FOSSIL FUELS;

COCCOIDAL CYANOBACTERIA; FOSSILS; LICHENS; VASCULAR PLANTS;

FUNGI;

FOSSIL RECORD; FUNGUS; LICHEN;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOSSIL; FUNGUS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; LICHENS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLANT EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS;

CHINA; CYANOBACTERIA; FOSSILS; FUNGI; HYPHAE; LICHENS; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 18644361972     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1111347     Document Type: Article

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