Microbial Mats Modern and Ancient Microorganisms in Stratified Systems /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Seckbach, Joseph (Editor), Oren, Aharon (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, 14
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Earth sciences.; Geobiology.; Ecology.; Microbial ecology.; Microbiology.; Life Sciences.; Earth Sciences, general.; Life Sciences, general.; Microbial Ecology.; Biogeosciences.

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 to...