A colony-forming microorganism with probable affinities to the Chroococcales (cyanobacteria) from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 219, Issue , 2015, Pages 147-156

  Taylor, Thomas N ^a   Krings, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binary fission; Colony; Cyanosarcina; Myxosarcina; Pleurocapsales; Sarcinoid growth

Indexed keywords

CHROOCOCCALES; CYANOBACTERIA; MYXOSARCINA; PLEUROCAPSALES;

EID: 84928558449     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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