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Ultrathin sectioning and cryofracture of fibrouskerite, sampled from 1.8–1.75 billion year old Volynsediments (Ukraine), revealed in bacteria-like bodies thepresence of structures similar to sheath, cell wall,periplasm, cytoplasm, septum, membranes, intramembraneparticles, poly-β-hydroxybutyrate inclusions. On thestrength of these data and also the fatty acid profilesof these microfossils, we concluded that fibrous keritesare biogenic formations, namely fossilized bacterial mats.
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Gorlenko, V.M., Zhmur, S.I., Duda, V.I. et al. Fine Structure of Fossilized Bacteria in Volyn Kerite. Orig Life Evol Biosph 30, 567–577 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026580615153
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