Sentences with phrase «microbial mats on»

We collected samples from the microbial mats on the Dutch Wadden island Texel.

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

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In the modern world, these sites are characterized by an unusual abundance of tube worms, bivalves (clams), molluscs, and other animals that survive on the microbial mats that grow there.

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.

He is specialized in the ecology and diversity of cyanobacteria, other marine bacteria and microalgae, and known for his work on microbial mats and nitrogen fixation

In the case of the cyanobacterial mat - covered polygonal ponds on Bylot Island, the negative CO2 flux most likely resulted from high photosynthetic rates in the mats, and the modern dates for CH4 suggest that abundant labile compounds coming from a modern autochthonous pool could be the main C supply for microbial activity, including methanogenesis.