Sentences with phrase «as microbial mats»

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They produced oxygen by photosynthesis, and sometimes the oxygen got trapped as bubbles within sticky microbial mats.

Malcolm Walter of Macquarie University in Australia discusses the evolution of microbial mats, which are preserved in fossil form as stromatolites.

Bacteria formed microbial mats on land as early as three billion years ago.

In a study recently published in Frontiers in Microbiology, PNNL scientists Young - Mo Kim, Jim Fredrickson, and Tom Metz demonstrated the effect that sunlight or the absence thereof over a 24 - hour period - the diel cycle - has on the production of chemicals used as metabolites in the microbial mats of Mushroom Springs in Yellowstone National Park.

Cats do not appear to be affected by conformational differences of the pinnae, as seen with the Scottish fold.3 Excessive hair in the canal, as seen in poodles and schnauzers, can also decrease ventilation and form hair mats that retain debris and create obstructions.7 Shar - peis have stenotic canals that may be predisposed to higher humidity levels and secretions, leading to overgrowth of normal microbial inhabitants.1, 7 An increase in glandular tissue can lead to an increase in cerumen production and debris accumulation, which seems to be more common in cocker spaniels, springer spaniels, and Labrador retrievers.1, 7