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180-million-year-old microbial fossils discovered in deep-sea rocks

Faint ridges in Moroccan rock have revealed an ancient mystery: signs of microbial life deep below the sea surface, where ...
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Geobiology : microbial mats in sandy deposits from the Archean era to today / Nora Noffke

Introduction. Microbial mats, stromatolites and MISS : an overview -- The geobiological concept -- Microbially induced sedimentary structures (The scholarly definition ; Taxonomic relation of MISS to ...
Nature

Microbial Mats And Their Ecosystem Dynamics

Microbial mats are highly organised, layered biofilms formed by diverse communities of microorganisms. These systems, often dominated by cyanobacteria, orchestrate a variety of biogeochemical ...
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Microbial mats in siliciclastic depositional systems through time / edited by Nora Noffke, Henry Chafetz

"Based on presentations made at the Microbial Mats in Sandy Deposits (Archean to Today) SEPM research conference, Denver, Colorado and Dinosaur Ridge, on May 21-23, 2010"--T.p. verso. NH copy ...
Phys.org

Living rocks in South Africa rapidly absorb carbon and grow in harsh conditions

South Africa is home to some of the oldest evidence of life on Earth, contained in rocky, often layered outcroppings called microbialites. Like coral reefs, these complex "living rocks" are built up ...