Microbial Mats (eBook)
XXVI, 606 Seiten
Springer Netherland (Verlag)
978-90-481-3799-2 (ISBN)
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.
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.
Table of Contents 6
FOREWORD 10
PREFACE 16
LIST OF AUTHORS for “Microbial mats” 20
WHAT ARE MICROBIAL MATS.? 30
PAPER FROM OUTER SPACE – ON “METEORPAPIER” AND MICROBIAL MATS 52
MICROBIAL MATS ON THE EARLY EARTH: The Archean Rock Record 64
GUNFLINT CHERT MICROBIOTA REVISITED – NEITHER STROMATOLITES, NOR CYANOBACTERIA 74
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF MICROBIAL MAT-RELATED STRUCTURES IN SILICICLASTIC ROCKS 92
MICROBIALLY RELATED STRUCTURES IN SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENT RESEMBLING EDIACARAN FOSSILS: Examples from India, Ancient and Modern 130
OSMOTROPHIC BIOFILMS: FROM MODERN TO ANCIENT 151
MICROBIAL MATS AS A SOURCE OF BIOSIGNATURES 168
MOLECULAR INVESTIGATIONS AND EXPERIMENTAL MANIPULATIONS OF MICROBIAL MATS: A VIEW TO PALEOMICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS 200
ARCHITECTURE OF ARCHAEAL-DOMINATED MICROBIAL MATS FROM COLD SEEPS IN THE BLACK SEA (DNJEPR CANYON, LOWER CRIMEAN SHELF) 223
BIODYNAMICS OF MODERN MARINE STROMATOLITES 239
ENTOPHYSALIS MATS AS ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORS 251
DIVERSITY AND ROLE OF CYANOBACTERIA AND AEROBIC HETEROTROPHIC MICROORGANISMS IN CARBON CYCLING IN ARID CYANOBACTERIAL MATS 266
OOID ACCRETING DIATOM COMMUNITIES FROM THE MODERN MARINE STROMATOLITES AT HIGHBORNE CAY, BAHAMAS 287
EXOPOLYMERS (EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES) IN DIATOM-DOMINATED MARINE SEDIMENT BIOFILMS 297
MICROBIAL MATS FROM WIND FLATS OF THE SOUTHERN BALTIC SEA 311
DIAZOTROPHIC MICROBIAL MATS 329
ARCHITECTURES OF BIOCOMPLEXITY: Lichen-dominated Soil Crusts and Mats 348
IRON AND BACTERIAL BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT 364
MATS OF FILAMENTOUS AND UNICELLULAR CYANOBACTERIA IN HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENTS 390
MARINE HYPERSALINE MICROCOLEUS-DOMINATED CYANOBACTERIAL MATS IN THE SALTERN AT GUERRERO NEGRO, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO 403
ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMICS, COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN A HYPERSALINE MICROBIAL MAT 423
BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF CARBON CYCLING IN HYPERSALINE MATS: Linking the Present to the Past Through Biosignatures 444
PHOTOTROPHIC BIOFILMS FROM RÍO TINTO, AN EXTREME ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT, THE PROKARYOTIC COMPONENT 469
FLUVIAL BEDFORM GENERATION BY BIOFILM ACTIVITY IN THE BERROCAL SEGMENT OF RÍO TINTO: Acidic Biofilms and Sedimentation 481
CYANOBACTERIAL MATS OF THE MELTWATER PONDS ON THE MCMURDO ICE SHELF (ANTARCTICA) 496
DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY OF CYANOBACTERIAL MICROFLORA OF ANTARCTIC SEEPAGE HABITATS: Comparison Of King George Island, Shetland Islands, and James Ross Island, NW Weddell Sea, Antarctica 511
MICROBIAL MATS IN ANTARCTICA AS MODELS FOR THE SEARCH OF LIFE ON THE JOVIAN MOON EUROPA 537
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE: Microbial Mats as Models for Astrobiological Research 555
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 574
Organism Index 580
Author Index 594
Subject Index 586
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.7.2010 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology | Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology |
| Zusatzinfo | XXVI, 606 p. |
| Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Biochemie / Molekularbiologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie | |
| Technik | |
| Schlagworte | archaea • Biofilm • Ecology • ecosystem • Ecosystems • Environment • Microorganism • Protozoa • Sediment • Sedimentation • Wind |
| ISBN-10 | 90-481-3799-3 / 9048137993 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-481-3799-2 / 9789048137992 |
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