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    On the Origin of Photosynthetic Eukaryotic Cells: Cyanidium Caldarium as a “Bridge” Alga Between Prokaryotic Cyanobacteria and Eukaryotic Rhodophytes: Evidence from Environmental, Polysaccharide Biochemistry and Ultrastructural Studies

    The similarities between Cyanidium caldarium and the rhodophytes are based on cellular ultrastructure and the site of storage glucan. In both the storage carbohydrate lies outside the chloroplast; their glucan is...

    Joseph Seckbach, Jerome F. Fredrick in Origin of Life (1981)

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    Life on the Edge and Beyond

    Recent observations have shown that microbes of all three domains of life (Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya) are ubiquitously distributed all over the globe. Microorganisms are spread throughout many ecosystems:...

    Joseph Seckbach in Fossil and Recent Biofilms (2003)