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
• 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 relaties.