Ribosomal RNA gene fragments from fossilized cyanobacteria identified in primary gypsum from the late Miocene, Italy

Geobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-111

  Panieri, G ^a,b   Lugli, S ^c   Manzi, V ^d   Roveri, M ^d   Schreiber, B C ^e   Palinska, K A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CALCIUM SULFATE; RNA 16S; SODIUM SELENITE;

CYANOBACTERIUM; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DNA; EVAPORITE; FOSSIL RECORD; GENE; GENETIC MARKER; GYPSUM; MIOCENE; PERMAFROST; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; FOSSIL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT;

CALCIUM SULFATE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ITALY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM SELENITE;

APENNINES; ITALY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 76549131789     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2009.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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