Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2003/00228
Are bacterial-like structures on Silurian and Devonian plant fossils Silurian or Devonian microfossils?
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor D Edwards, Cardiff University, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor RJ Parkes, Cardiff University, Sch of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor D Rickard, Cardiff University, Sch of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Cardiff University, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Palaeobiology
- Abstract:
- Spherical and rod-shaped structures of bacterial dimensions found on coalified Upper Silurian and Lower Devonian mesofossils including spores, cuticles and coprolites will be subjected to a number of techniques to determine whether they are biological and, if so, the timing of the colonisation (coeval, post Lower Devonian or Recent) of the plants. Techniques will involve imaging and analytical FESEM and SEM, TEM, removal of modern bacteria and simple incubation experiments with bacterial cultures. Such studies have much wider implications for the detection of bacteria in the history of life on Earth and other plants.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2003/00228
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £28,481
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £14,727 | £220 | £6,761 | £6,774 |
If you need further help, please read the user guide.