Citation
Vm. Gorlenko et al., Fine structure of fossilized bacteria in Volyn kerite, ORIGIN LIFE, 30(6), 2000, pp. 567-577
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Experimental Biology
Journal title
ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF THE BIOSPHERE
ISSN journal
01696149
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Volume
30
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
567 - 577
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-6149(200012)30:6<567:FSOFBI>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Ultrathin sectioning and cryofracture of fibrous kerite, sampled from 1.8-1
.75 billion year old Volyn sediments (Ukraine), revealed in bacteria-like b
odies the presence of structures similar to sheath, cell wall, periplasm, c
ytoplasm, septum, membranes, intramembrane particles, poly-beta -hydroxybut
yrate inclusions. On the strength of these data and also the fatty acid pro
files of these microfossils, we concluded that fibrous kerites are biogenic
formations, namely fossilized bacterial mats.