A survey of computational approaches for characterizing microbial interactions in microbial mats [PDF]
Genome BiologyIn this review, we use microbial mat communities as a general model system to highlight the strengths and limitations of current computational methods for analyzing interactions between members of microbial ecosystems.
Vanesa L. Perillo +11 more
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Microbial mats as model to decipher climate change effect on microbial communities through a mesocosm study [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Marine environments are expected to be one of the most affected ecosystems by climate change, notably with increasing ocean temperature and ocean acidification.
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Marine Vertebrates Impact the Bacterial Community Composition and Food Webs of Antarctic Microbial Mats [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 The biological activity of marine vertebrates represents an input of nutrients for Antarctic terrestrial biota, with relevant consequences for the entire ecosystem.
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Microbial diversity of coastal microbial mats formations in karstic habitats from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. [PDF]
PLoS ONEIn this study, we report for the first time an exploration of the physicochemical characteristics and the prokaryotic diversity of three different types of microbial mats from karstic habitats located in Sisal, Progreso and Ría Lagartos, in the Yucatan ...
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Microbial mats are rarely reported for chromium-polluted ecosystems, hence information on their bacterial diversity and role in chromium removal are very scarce.
Raeid M. M. Abed +5 more
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Metagenomic insight into taxonomic composition, environmental filtering and functional redundancy for shaping worldwide modern non-lithifying microbial mats [PDF]
PeerJModern microbial mats are relictual communities mostly found in extreme environments worldwide. Despite their significance as representatives of the ancestral Earth and their important roles in biogeochemical cycling, research on microbial mats has ...
Mariette Viladomat Jasso +4 more
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Diversity of Microbial Mats in the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Botswana [PDF]
MicroorganismsThe Makgadikgadi Salt Pans are the remnants of a mega paleo-lake system in the central Kalahari, Botswana. Today, the Makgadikgadi Basin is an arid to semi-arid area receiving water of meteoric origin during the short, wet season.
Sevasti Filippidou +9 more
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Impact of meltwater flow intensity on the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of microbial mats in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica [PDF]
ISME Communications, 2023 The meltwater streams of the McMurdo Dry Valleys are hot spots of biological diversity in the climate-sensitive polar desert landscape. Microbial mats, largely comprised of cyanobacteria, dominate the streams which flow for a brief window of time (~10 ...
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Taphonomy of Biosignatures in Microbial Mats on Little Ambergris Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020 Microbial mats are taxonomically and metabolically diverse microbial ecosystems, with a characteristic layering that reflects vertical gradients in light and oxygen availability.
Maya L. Gomes +9 more
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Transcriptomic evidence for versatile metabolic activities of mercury cycling microorganisms in brackish microbial mats [PDF]
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2021 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 ...
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