We are currently looking into some fossil samples coming from fossil trees exhibited in situ, and I have come across several microorganisms. Can anyone recommend any papers on monitoring and identification of micro-organisms on fossils located in tropical environments? Is there a chance that some of these micro-organisms have taken part in the fossilisation process (biomineralisation)?
Here are some links which might useful for you
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09670269910001736402#.U3eE5ChqNRk
http://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/83/1/113.short
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825207001006
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301926800001273
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/1998JE900051/full
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-66516-5_1#page-1
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-66516-5_1#page-1
Thank you for your answer, but we are looking for modern microorganisms living on fossils. Not fossilised ones.
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