Fungal colonies in open fractures of subseafloor basalt

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 233-243

  Ivarsson, Magnus ^a   Bengtson, Stefan ^a   Skogby, Henrik ^a   Belivanova, Veneta ^a   Marone, Federica ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FUNGAL COLONIES; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; STANDARD PROTOCOLS; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPIES;

BASALT; BIOSPHERICS; CLAY MINERALS; DATA PROCESSING; FRACTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

FUNGI;

BASALT; FOSSIL RECORD; FOSSILIZATION; FUNGUS; MINERALIZATION; MONTMORILLONITE; MORPHOLOGY; SEAFLOOR; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; YEAST;

EMPEROR SEAMOUNTS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

FUNGI;

EID: 84880509077     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-013-0321-7     Document Type: Article

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