Sedimentological implications of microbial mats, gypsum, and halite in Dhahban solar saltwork, Red Sea coast, Saudi Arabia
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DOI: 10.1007/s10347-020-0594-z
Abstract: Microbial mats and gypsum exist in concentration ponds due to the first stage of evaporation, whereas halite is present in the crystallizers with continuous seawater evaporation, in the saltwork of Dhahban area, north of Jeddah… read more here.
Keywords: mats gypsum; microbial mats; gypsum halite; saudi arabia ... See more keywords
Short-term efficiency of epibenthic microbial mat components on phosphorus sorption.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111350
Abstract: Microbial mats may be an alternative tool for phosphorus (P) remediation of eutrophic coastal waters. The main objective of this work was to determine the importance that the living and non-living components of the mats… read more here.
Keywords: term; microbial mats; term efficiency; sorption ... See more keywords
Neoarchean (2.7 Ga) lacustrine stromatolite deposits in the Hartbeesfontein Basin, Ventersdorp Supergroup, South Africa: Implications for oxygen oases
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DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2018.11.009
Abstract: Abstract The Hartbeesfontein Basin contains the most extensive deposits of Archean lacustrine stromatolites on the Kaapvaal Craton, with stromatolitic facies occurring over ∼100 km 2 in beds up to 7 m thick. Stromatolitic dolostones and cherts both… read more here.
Keywords: hartbeesfontein basin; gas; lacustrine stromatolite; oxygen oases ... See more keywords
Detection and community-level identification of microbial mats in the McMurdo Dry Valleys using drone-based hyperspectral reflectance imaging
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DOI: 10.1017/s0954102020000243
Abstract: Abstract The reflectance spectroscopic characteristics of cyanobacteria-dominated microbial mats in the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDVs) were measured using a hyperspectral point spectrometer aboard an unmanned aerial system (remotely piloted aircraft system, unmanned aerial vehicle or… read more here.
Keywords: dry valleys; mcmurdo dry; microbial mats; drone ... See more keywords
Aluminous phyllosilicates promote exceptional nanoscale preservation of biogeochemical heterogeneities in Archaean siliciclastic microbial mats
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57727-4
Abstract: Exceptional preservation of biogeochemical complexity in the Precambrian is largely limited to cherts, phosphates and shales; however, ancient fossils, including microbial mats and microbially induced sedimentary structures, also occur, more rarely, in poorly sorted, coarse-grained… read more here.
Keywords: phyllosilicates promote; aluminous phyllosilicates; microbial mats; preservation ... See more keywords
Daily rhythmicity in coastal microbial mats
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DOI: 10.1038/s41522-018-0054-5
Abstract: Cyanobacteria are major primary producers in coastal microbial mats and provide biochemical energy, organic carbon, and bound nitrogen to the mat community through oxygenic photosynthesis and dinitrogen fixation. In order to anticipate the specific requirements… read more here.
Keywords: coastal microbial; daily rhythmicity; community; microbial mats ... See more keywords
Transcriptomic evidence for versatile metabolic activities of mercury cycling microorganisms in brackish microbial mats
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DOI: 10.1038/s41522-021-00255-y
Abstract: Methylmercury, biomagnifying through food chains, is highly toxic for aquatic life. Its production and degradation are largely driven by microbial transformations; however, diversity and metabolic activity of mercury transformers, resulting in methylmercury concentrations in environments,… read more here.
Keywords: transcriptomic evidence; activities mercury; microbial mats; metabolic activities ... See more keywords
Early animal evolution and highly oxygenated seafloor niches hosted by microbial mats
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49993-2
Abstract: The earliest unambiguous evidence for animals is represented by various trace fossils in the latest Ediacaran Period (550–541 Ma), suggesting that the earliest animals lived on or even penetrated into the seafloor. Yet, the O2 fugacity… read more here.
Keywords: microbial mats; seafloor; highly oxygenated; animal evolution ... See more keywords
Metagenomic study of lake microbial mats reveals protease-inhibiting antiviral peptides from a core microbiome member
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2409026121
Abstract: Significance Bacterial natural products are one of the main sources of today’s therapeutics and mediate countless microbial interactions. However, biosynthetic insights at a whole-microbiome level that go beyond in silico analyses are relatively rare. Here,… read more here.
Keywords: mats reveals; study lake; lake microbial; reveals protease ... See more keywords
Characterization of Microbial Mats from a Desert Wadi Ecosystem in the Sultanate of Oman
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DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2018.1435755
Abstract: ABSTRACT Desert wadis are widespread in the Arabian Peninsula and play a vital role in the ecology of the region; nevertheless, these ecosystems are among the least studied. Various types of microbial mats are predominant… read more here.
Keywords: ecosystem sultanate; characterization microbial; microbial mats; desert wadi ... See more keywords
Biomarker Profiling of Microbial Mats in the Geothermal Band of Cerro Caliente, Deception Island (Antarctica): Life at the Edge of Heat and Cold
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DOI: 10.1089/ast.2018.2004
Abstract: Abstract Substrate–atmosphere interfaces in Antarctic geothermal environments are hot–cold regions that constitute thin habitable niches for microorganisms with possible counterparts in ancient Mars. Cerro Caliente hill in Deception Island (active volcano in the South Shetland… read more here.
Keywords: deception island; geothermal band; microbial mats; cerro caliente ... See more keywords