The link between biomineralization and fossilization of bacteria: insights from field and experimental studies

J Li, K Benzerara, S Bernard, O Beyssac - Chemical Geology, 2013 - Elsevier
Fossil biominerals and fossils of microorganisms in ancient rocks contain important
biogeochemical signals. Decoding this record may reveal crucial information about the …

New multi-scale perspectives on the stromatolites of Shark Bay, Western Australia

EP Suosaari, RP Reid, PE Playford, JS Foster… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
A recent field-intensive program in Shark Bay, Western Australia provides new multi-scale
perspectives on the world's most extensive modern stromatolite system. Map** revealed a …

Phylogenetic analysis of a microbialite-forming microbial mat from a hypersaline lake of the Kiritimati Atoll, Central Pacific

D Schneider, G Arp, A Reimer, J Reitner, R Daniel - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
On the Kiritimati atoll, several lakes exhibit microbial mat-formation under different
hydrochemical conditions. Some of these lakes trigger microbialite formation such as Lake …

Characterization of bacterial diversity associated with microbial mats, gypsum evaporites and carbonate microbialites in thalassic wetlands: Tebenquiche and La …

ME Farias, M Contreras, MC Rasuk, D Kurth, MR Flores… - Extremophiles, 2014 - Springer
In this paper, we report the presence of sedimentary microbial ecosystems in wetlands of the
Salar de Atacama. These laminated systems, which bind, trap and precipitate mineral …

The discovery of stromatolites develo** at 3570 m above sea level in a high-altitude volcanic lake Socompa, Argentinean Andes

ME Farías, N Rascovan, DM Toneatti, VH Albarracín… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
We describe stromatolites forming at an altitude of 3570 m at the shore of a volcanic lake
Socompa, Argentinean Andes. The water at the site of stromatolites formation is alkaline …

Prokaryotic and eukaryotic community structure in field and cultured microbialites from the alkaline Lake Alchichica (Mexico)

E Couradeau, K Benzerara, D Moreira, E Gerard… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The geomicrobiology of crater lake microbialites remains largely unknown despite their
evolutionary interest due to their resemblance to some Archaean analogs in the dominance …

Seasonal dynamics of epiphytic microbial communities on marine macrophyte surfaces

M Korlević, M Markovski, Z Zhao, GJ Herndl… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Surfaces of marine macrophytes are inhabited by diverse microbial communities. Most
studies focusing on epiphytic communities of macrophytes did not take into account …

Core microbial communities of lacustrine microbialites sampled along an alkalinity gradient

M Iniesto, D Moreira, G Reboul… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Microbialites are usually carbonate‐rich sedimentary rocks formed by the interplay of
phylogenetically and metabolically complex microbial communities with their …

Formation of low-T hydrated silicates in modern microbialites from Mexico and implications for microbial fossilization

N Zeyen, K Benzerara, J Li, A Groleau… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Microbialites are organo-sedimentary rocks found in abundance throughout the geological
record back to~ 3.5 Ga. Interpretations of the biological and environmental conditions under …

Microbial communities and their predicted metabolic functions in growth laminae of a unique large conical mat from Lake Untersee, East Antarctica

H Koo, N Mojib, JA Hakim, I Hawes, Y Tanabe… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
In this study, we report the distribution of microbial taxa and their predicted metabolic
functions observed in the top (U1), middle (U2), and inner (U3) decadal growth laminae of a …