Bacterial fossil structure and preservation

Bacerial cell structure.

For the structure of living bacteria, please see the wikipedia article w:bacteria.

Resources

• http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/BioBookDiversity_2.html BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY: BACTERIA AND ARCHAEANS
• http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-12/uosc-oaf121906.php Oldest animal fossils may have been bacteria by Carl Marziali
• http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2001AM/finalprogram/session_1270.htm AT27. Evaporite Systems II: The Geology, Paleontology, and Biology of Evaporite and Near-Evaporite Systems in Both Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Environments Susan J. Wentworth and Penny A. Morris, Presiding