Gut Bacteria Help Turn Animals Into Fossils

Gut Bacteria Help Turn Animals Into Fossils

Gut bacteria help turn animals into fossils
Science (AAAS) News by David Schultz
http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2015/05/gut-bacteria-help-turn-animals-fossils
http://phys.org/news/2015-05-evidence-soft-tissue-fossilizes.html

The paper is:

Butler, A. D., J. A. Cunningham, G. E. Budd,
and P. C. J. Donoghue, 2015, Experimental
taphonomy of Artemia reveals the role of
endogenous microbes in mediating
decay and fossilization. Proceedings of the
Royal Society B. 282(1808): 20150476.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0476 Published 13 May 2015
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1808/20150476
https://www.academia.edu/12376794/Experimental_taphonomy_of_Artemia_reveals_the_role_of_endogenous_microbes_in_mediating_decay_and_fossilization

Yours,

Paul H.