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The paper from 2006 (second link above) has very interesting scanning electron microscope pictures of the critters (3D reconstructions).

• jacquesm 16y ago
  These look quite similar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microspherulite http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microspherulite
  • kranner 16y ago
    Yes, but the first paper has images of daughter cells in various stages of reproduction. Bit hard to get a piece of rock to do that, no?
    • jacquesm 16y ago
      I don't see a daughter cell in various stages of reproduction, I see different 'cells', and I'm not sure at all if they're cells or not. They could be dead single celled organisms with some kind of outer coating. A time-lapse series of the same cells from the first image would be conclusive evidence, that can't be too hard to make, a magnification of 1,000 is well within the abilities of oil immersion objective: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xk_piPBnwY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xk_piPBnwY