Life on the rocks

AA Gorbushina - Environmental microbiology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Biofilms are interface micro‐habitats formed by microbes that differ markedly from those of
the ambient environment. The term 'subaerial biofilm'(SAB) was coined for microbial …

Microbiology of the atmosphere-rock interface: how biological interactions and physical stresses modulate a sophisticated microbial ecosystem

AA Gorbushina, WJ Broughton - Annual review of microbiology, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Life at the atmosphere-lithosphere boundary is an ancient terrestrial niche that is sparsely
covered by thin subaerial biofilms. The microbial inhabitants of these biofilms (a) have …

生物土壤结皮研究: 进展, 前沿与展望

李新荣, 张元明, 赵允格 - 地球科学进展, 2009 - adearth.ac.cn
基于对黑河流域中下游荒漠区植被和土壤生境的调查分析, 以土壤水分在各调查样地中的差异来
反映研究区的生态水文特征, 采用种的丰富度和多度来代表荒漠植物多样性研究了荒漠植物 …

Lichen algae: the photosynthetic partners in lichen symbioses

WB Sanders, H Masumoto - The Lichenologist, 2021 - cambridge.org
A review of algal (including cyanobacterial) symbionts associated with lichen-forming fungi
is presented. General aspects of their biology relevant to lichen symbioses are summarized …

Life in (and on) the rocks

CP Antony, CS Cockell, YS Shouche - Journal of biosciences, 2012 - Springer
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Influence of biological soil crusts on soil environments and vascular plants

J Belnap, R Prasse, KT Harper - Biological soil crusts: structure, function …, 2003 - Springer
The presence of biological soil crusts can significantly change the physical and chemical
soil environment. Such alterations can affect the germination, survival, and nutritional status …

The importance of eolian abrasion in supermature quartz sandstones and the paradox of weathering on vegetation-free landscapes

RH Dott, Jr - The Journal of Geology, 2003 - journals.uchicago.edu
Pure quartz arenites are especially characteristic of lower Paleozoic and Proterozoic strata
deposited in nonorogenic settings. A century-long debate over the origin of these …

Endolithic microbial ecosystems

JJ Walker, NR Pace - Annu. Rev. Microbiol., 2007 - annualreviews.org
The endolithic environment, the pore space in rocks, is a ubiquitous microbial habitat and an
interface between biology and geology. Photosynthesis-based endolithic communities …

Biogeomorphological disturbance regimes: progress in linking ecological and geomorphological systems

HA Viles, LA Naylor, NEA Carter… - Earth Surface Processes …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the complex, non‐linear ways in which linked ecological and
geomorphological systems respond to disturbance is important to improving both theoretical …

Resilience and mitigation strategies of cyanobacteria under ultraviolet radiation stress

VK Singh, S Jha, P Rana, S Mishra, N Kumari… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) tends to damage key cellular machinery. Cells may adapt by
developing several defence mechanisms as a response to such damage; otherwise, their …