Sheathed prokaryotic filaments, major components of Mid-Cretaceous French amber microcoenoses

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 437-447

  Girard, Vincent ^a,b   Breton, Gérard ^a,b   Brient, Luc ^c   Néraudeau, Didier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b ATER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Amber; Bacteria; Cretaceous; Cyanobacteria; Phycocyanin; Sheathed filaments

Indexed keywords

AMBER; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PIGMENT; POND; PROKARYOTE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; GYMNOSPERMAE; LEPTOTRICHITES RESINATUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 70350584036     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-008-9287-2     Document Type: Article

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