Philippa Kaur

Here, we present abundant mineralised cell envelope structures fossilised within a goethite-rich vein structure that cross-cuts a weathering BIF6. These indisputable microbial fossils provide a superb opportunity to understand potential mineralogical biosignatures preserved during microbial fossilisation by authigenic minerals. Rock fissures, fractures and pore spaces present ideal locations for the preservation of microorganisms as elements […] More

1. Freiwald, A. Reef-forming cold-water corals. In Ocean Margin Systems (eds. Wefer, G. et al.) 365–385 (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2002). 2. Van Oevelen, D. et al. The cold-water coral community as hotspot of carbon cycling on continental margins: a food-web analysis from Rockall Bank (northeast Atlantic). Limnology and Oceanography 54, 1829–1844 (2009). 3. Cathalot, C. […] More

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Spontaneous vegetation on walls In general, in urban two-dimensional land environment, spontaneous plants total 129 species in 101 genera from 48 families in Ningbo City32, 107 species in 89 genera from 32 families in Shanghai downtown33, 95 species in 75 genera from 37 families in Xi’an City14, and 128 species in 98 genera from 32 […] More