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[[Image:Average prokaryote cell- en.svg|thumb|300px|Bacterial cell structure.]]
[[Image:Average prokaryote cell- en.svg|thumb|300px|Bacterial cell structure.]]


For the structure of living bacteria, please see the Wikipedia article [[w:bacteria]].
For the structure of living bacteria, please see the Wikipedia article [[Wikipedia:Bacterial cell structure]].


When an organism is fossilized the soft tissue is rarely preserved, this is also the case with bacteria. But fossils have been found, mainly containing the structure of the cell wall, with little evidence of the internal structure.
When an organism is fossilized the soft tissue is rarely preserved, this is also the case with bacteria. But fossils have been found, mainly containing the structure of the cell wall, with little evidence of the internal structure.
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*http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=25&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 Signs of Life in Acid-washed Rocks By: Leslie Mullen  
*http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=25&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 Signs of Life in Acid-washed Rocks By: Leslie Mullen  
*http://cas.bellarmine.edu/tietjen/images/microfossils.htm Pictures of Microfossils and their living relatives.
*http://cas.bellarmine.edu/tietjen/images/microfossils.htm Pictures of Microfossils and their living relatives.
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Latest revision as of 04:45, 29 June 2009

Bacterial cell structure.

For the structure of living bacteria, please see the Wikipedia article Wikipedia:Bacterial cell structure.

When an organism is fossilized the soft tissue is rarely preserved, this is also the case with bacteria. But fossils have been found, mainly containing the structure of the cell wall, with little evidence of the internal structure.

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