Virus silicification under simulated hot spring conditions.
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Silicification of organisms in silica-depositing environments can impact both their ecology and their presence in the fossil record. Although microbes have been silicified under laboratory and environmental conditions, viruses have not. Bacteriophage T4 was successfully silicified under laboratory conditions that closely simulated those found in silica-depositing hot springs. Virus morphology was maintained, and a clear elemental signature of phosphorus was detected by energy-dispersive X-ray spectrophotometry (EDS).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Astrobiology
دوره 10 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010