Paleontology, Microbial

Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 390-400

  Schopf, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Cyanobacteria; Evolutionary rates; Fossils; Isotopes; Methane generating bacteria; Microbial mats; Microfossils; Permineralized fossils; Petrified fossils; Phanerozoic; Precambrian; Raman spectroscopy; Stromatolites; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873141506     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373944-5.00110-3     Document Type: Chapter

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