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- Title
Palaeontology: Undressing and redressing Ediacaran embryos (Reply).
- Authors
Bailey, Jake V.; Joye, Samantha B.; Kalanetra, Karen M.; Flood, Beverly E.; Corsetti, Frank A.
- Abstract
Xiao et al. suggest that the presence of a textured capsule surrounding some Doushantuo globular microfossils calls into question the alternative interpretation of these structures as giant sulphur bacteria similar to modern Thiomargarita. However, the outer coatings illustrated by Xiao et al. are similar morphologically to known bacterial features, and the texture, location and thickness change of the capsule is inconsistent with that of a fertilization envelope. We are therefore not convinced that the bacterial hypothesis has been falsified.
- Subjects
FOSSILS; EMBRYOS; SULFUR bacteria; FERTILIZATION (Biology); PALEONTOLOGY
- Publication
Nature, 2007, Vol 446, Issue 7136, p9
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nature05754