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Microbial Mats

Structure, Development and Environmental Significance

Part of the book series: Nato ASI Subseries G: (ASIG, volume 35)

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Table of contents (46 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
  2. Opening lecture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
  3. Colonization and initial processes in mat formation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
    2. Microbial mats in coastal environments

      • Lucas J. Stal
      Pages 21-32
    3. Species diversity in hot spring microbial mats as revealed by both molecular and enrichment culture approaches — relationship between biodiversity and community structure

      • David M. Ward, Michael J. Ferris, Stephen C. Nold, Mary M. Bateson, Eric D. Kopczynski, Alyson L. Ruff-Roberts
      Pages 33-44
    4. Microbial mats in a thermomineral sulfurous cave

      • Serban M. Sarbu, Luminita Vlasceanu, Radu Popa, Peter Sheridan, Brian K. Kinkle, Thomas C. Kane
      Pages 45-50
    5. On the significance of solar ultraviolet radiation for the ecology of microbial mats

      • Ferran Gareia-Pichel, Richard W. Castenholz
      Pages 77-84
    6. Structure of the sediment at depositional saline environments

      • Ester Clavero, Joan O. Grimalt, Vidal Merino, Mariona Hernández-Mariné
      Pages 91-96
    7. Osmotic adaptation of microbial communities in hypersaline microbial mats

      • Aharon Oren, Uri Fischel, Zeev Aizenshtat, Eitan B. Krein, Robert H. Reed
      Pages 125-130
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 131-132
  5. New methods in microbial mat research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133

About this book

Microbial mats are benthic communities of a variety of microorganisms. Their investigation requires multidisciplinary studies and close cooperation between microbiologists, biogeochemists, and geologists.
Reported here are recent advances in the study of structure, development and ecological relationships. The methodology described includes microsensors as well as new molecular techniques for the detection and identification of microorganisms. Increasing interest exists for applied aspects, e.g. the possibility to use natural or constructed microbial mats for the degradation of xenobiotics, for site remediation, etc.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratory for Microbiology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Lucas J. Stal

  • Laboratoire d’Oceanographie Biologique, Université de Bordeaux I, Arcachon, France

    Pierre Caumette

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Microbial Mats

  • Book Subtitle: Structure, Development and Environmental Significance

  • Editors: Lucas J. Stal, Pierre Caumette

  • Series Title: Nato ASI Subseries G:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78991-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-78993-9Published: 13 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-78991-5Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0258-1256

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 463

  • Topics: Sedimentology, Microbiology, Mineralogy, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, general

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