Experimental fossilisation of viruses from extremophilic Archaea

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1465-1475

  Orange, F ^a,b   Chabin, A ^a   Gorlas, A ^c   Lucas Staat, S ^d   Geslin, C ^c   Le Romancer, M ^c   Prangishvili, D ^d   Forterre, P ^d   Westall, F ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers en Région Centre Val de Loire   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTREMOPHILE; FOSSILIZATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROKARYOTE; SILICA; VIRUS;

ARCHAEA; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS ISLANDICUS ROD-SHAPED VIRUS 2; THERMOCOCCUS;

EID: 79958850354     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-1465-2011     Document Type: Article

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