Contamination of amber samples by recent microorganisms and remediation evidenced by mid-cretaceous amber of France

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-30

  Girard, Vincent ^a   Néraudeau, Didier ^a   Breton, Gérard ^a   Martin, Simona Saint ^b,c   Martin, Jean Paul Saint ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Amber; Contamination; Cretaceous; Microcoenosis; SW France

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMBER; CRETACEOUS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFOSSIL; MICROORGANISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ARTHROPODA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; NEMATODA; PROTISTA;

EID: 58149464301     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450802599268     Document Type: Article

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