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Fig. 2.25 Spore chains of
the Permian actinomycete,
Palaeostromatus diairetus
arising from verrucose
colonies of substrate
mycelium on a coprolite.
Scale bar = 4.4 μm. Photo
courtesy of
CEME-Sul FURG
Fig. 2.26 Coccoidal cells
of an actinobacterium
infecting the petals of the
mid-Cretaceous fossil
flower, Eoëpigynia
burmensis, in Myanmar
amber. Scale bar = 12 μm
2 Fossil Record of Viruses, Parasitic Bacteria and Parasitic Protozoa