Microbial cretaceous park: Biodiversity of microbial fossils entrapped in amber

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 551-564

  Martín González, Ana ^a   Wierzchos, Jacek ^b   Gutiérrez, Juan C ^a   Alonso, Jesús ^c   Ascaso, Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Alava   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amber; Bacteria; Cretaceous; Fungi; Pathogen; Protists

Indexed keywords

AMBER;

AMBER; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CRETACEOUS; MICROFOSSIL; MICROORGANISM; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENETICS;

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANALYTIC METHOD; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL WALL; CRETACEOUS; DNA REPAIR; EUKARYOTE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GEOLOGICAL TIME; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROFLORA; MICROFOSSIL; MOULD; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

AMBER; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; DNA; DNA REPAIR; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; FUNGI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANT ROOTS; PROTOZOA; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SPORES, FUNGAL; VIRUSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 64549156886     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0508-y     Document Type: Review

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