Filamentous sulfur bacteria preserved in modern and ancient phosphatic sediments: Implications for the role of oxygen and bacteria in phosphogenesis

Geobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 397-405

  Bailey, J V ^a   Corsetti, F A ^b   Greene, S E ^c   Crosby, C H ^a   Liu, P ^d   Orphan, V J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BACTERIUM; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HYDROLYSIS; MARINE SEDIMENT; METABOLITE; MICROFOSSIL; NITRATE; NUTRIENT; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOGENESIS; PHOSPHORITE; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRESERVATION; PROTEROZOIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHINA; FOSSIL; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; CALIFORNIA; CHINA; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXYGEN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SULFIDES;

EID: 84882240613     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12046     Document Type: Article

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