Micro-FTIR spectroscopic signatures of Bacterial lipids in Proterozoic microfossils

Precambrian Research

Volumn 173, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 19-26

  Igisu, Motoko ^a,b,c   Ueno, Yuichiro ^a   Shimojima, Mie ^a   Nakashima, Satoru ^b   Awramik, Stanley M ^d   Ohta, Hiroyuki ^a   Maruyama, Shigenori ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aliphatic CH moieties; Archaea; Bacteria; Lipid; Micro FTIR; Prokaryotic fossil

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; BACTERIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID; MICROFOSSIL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEROZOIC; STROMATOLITE; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCCOIDEA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 67650717639     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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