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Zusatztext From the reviews: "This volume encompasses many aspects of the microbial mats being a valuable source of information and a true working instrument for scientists interested in microbial mats! either beginners or already known in the field. ? attract new people for the study of different aspects of microbial mats students or scientists from other domains. ? the reader finds an excellent resume of the main ideas and topics of this comprehensive and authoritative book on microbial mats! which should be available in every decent scientific library." (Ioan I. Ardelean! Romanian Biochemical Journal! Vol. 48 (1)! 2011) Klappentext This book provides information about microbial mats, from early fossils to modern mats located in marine and terrestrial environments. Microbial mats – layered biofilms containing different types of cells – are most complex systems in which representatives of various groups of organisms are found together. Among them are cyanobacteria and eukaryotic phototrophs, aerobic heterotrophic and chemoautotrophic bacteria, protozoa, anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria, and other types of microorganisms. These mats are perfect models for biogeochemical processes, such as the cycles of chemical elements, in which a variety of microorganisms cooperate and interact in complex ways. They are often found under extreme conditions and their study contributes to our understanding of extremophilic life. Moreover, microbial mats are models for Precambrian stromatolites; the study of modern microbial mats may provide information on the processes that may have occurred on Earth when prokaryotic life began to spread. Zusammenfassung This book provides information about microbial mats, from early fossils to modern mats located in marine and terrestrial environments. Microbial mats – layered biofilms containing different types of cells – are most complex systems in which representatives of various groups of organisms are found together. Among them are cyanobacteria and eukaryotic phototrophs, aerobic heterotrophic and chemoautotrophic bacteria, protozoa, anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria, and other types of microorganisms. These mats are perfect models for biogeochemical processes, such as the cycles of chemical elements, in which a variety of microorganisms cooperate and interact in complex ways. They are often found under extreme conditions and their study contributes to our understanding of extremophilic life. Moreover, microbial mats are models for Precambrian stromatolites; the study of modern microbial mats may provide information on the processes that may have occurred on Earth when prokaryotic life began to spread. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Nature of Microbial Mats.- What are Microbial Mats?.- Paper from Outer Space – on “Meteorpapier” and Microbial Mats.- Microbial Mats in The Geological Record.- Microbial Mats on the Early Earth: The Archean Rock Record.- Gunflint Chert Microbiota Revisited – Neither Stromatolites, Nor Cyanobacteria.- Paleoenvironmental Context of Microbial Mat-Related Structures in Siliciclastic Rocks.- Microbially Related Structures in Siliciclastic Sediment Resembling Ediacaran Fossils: Examples from India, Ancient and Modern.- Osmotrophic Biofilms: From Modern to Ancient.- Microbial Mats as a Source of Biosignatures.- Molecular Investigations and Experimental Manipulations of Microbial Mats: A View to Paleomicrobial Ecosystems.- Architecture of Archaeal-Dominated Microbial Mats from Cold Seeps in the Black Sea (Dnjepr Canyon, Lower Crimean Shelf).- Marine, Freshwater, and Soil Biofilms.- Biodynamics of Modern Marine Stromatolites.- Entophysalis Mats as Environmental Regulators.- Diversity and Role of Cyanobacteria and Aerobic Heterotrophic Microorganisms in Carbon Cycling in Arid Cyanobacterial Mats.- Ooid Accreting Diatom Communities from the Modern Marine Stromatolites at Highborne Cay, Bahamas.- Exopolymers (Ext...
