Cyanobacteria played an important role in the evolution of Early Earth and the biosphere.
They are responsible for the oxygenation of the atmosphere and oceans since the Great …

Microbialites provide geological evidence of one of Earth's oldest ecosystems, potentially
recording long-standing interactions between coevolving life and the environment. Here, we …

Microbial mats are geobiological multilayered ecosystems that have significant evolutionary
value in understanding the evolution of early life on Earth. Shark Bay, Australia has some of …

The functional metagenomic potential of Shark Bay microbial mats was examined for the first
time at a millimeter scale, employing shotgun sequencing of communities via the Illumina …

Modern microbial mats are potential analogues of some of Earth's earliest ecosystems.
Excellent examples can be found in Shark Bay, Australia, with mats of various morphologies …

Abstract Background Shark Bay, Australia, harbours one of the most extensive and diverse
systems of living microbial mats that are proposed to be analogs of some of the earliest …

Banded iron formations have been studied for decades, particularly regarding their potential
as archives of the Precambrian environment. In spite of this effort, the mechanism of their …

Photoferrotrophy, the process by which inorganic carbon is fixed into organic matter using
light as an energy source and reduced iron [Fe (II)] as an electron donor, has been proposed …

Microbial mats are complex ecological assemblages that have been present in the rock
record since the Precambrian and can still be found in extant marginalized environments …

The role of archaea in microbial mats is poorly understood. Delineating the spatial
distribution of archaea with mat depth will enable resolution of putative niches in these …