Fossil and Recent Biofilms: A Natural History of Life on EarthW.E. Krumbein, D.M. Paterson, G.A. Zavarzin Springer Science & Business Media, 11.11.2013 - 482 Seiten MICROBIAL BIOFILMS: PROTECTIVE NICHES IN ANCIENT AND MODERN GEOMICROBIOLOGY J. W. Costerton and Paul Stoodley Center for Biofilm Engineering Montana State University As this book is published based on discussions of a conference that was held in 2001, it may be useful to provide an update on the most recent revelations about biofilms, so that this excellent exposition of the contribution of microbial biofilms to geological processes may be placed in a modem context. The importance of the contribution of microbial biofilms to global processes is only now being appreciated as it is revealed that all terrestrial surfaces are teeming with microbial life in the form of biofilm communities. These communities live on soil particles, in rock fissures, marine and river sediments and at the very extremes of terrestrial habitats from inside Antarctic ice to the walls of deep sea hydrothermal vents. The contribution of these biofilm communities generally went unrecognized because it was the water that was where microbiologists looked for life, not the surfaces, although, evidence of the early association of microbes with surfaces was in fact present in the fossil record (Rasmussen, 2000; Reysenbach, and Cady, 2001). It is also revealing that biofilm formation is found in prokaryotes from the most deeply rooted branches of the phylogenetic tree in both the Archaea and Bacteria kingdoms, the Korarchaeota and Aquificales respectively (Jahnke et al. 2001; Reysenbach et al. 2000). |
Inhalt
Chapter | 17 |
Chapter | 26 |
Chapter | 47 |
Chapter | 64 |
Chapter 6 | 103 |
Chapter | 119 |
Chapter | 141 |
Chapter | 161 |
Derek E G Briggs | 281 |
Chapter | 307 |
Chapter | 333 |
Chapter | 353 |
Karsten Pedersen | 371 |
Chapter | 386 |
Chapter | 401 |
Chapter | 415 |
Chapter | 181 |
Chapter | 196 |
Chapter | 217 |
Chapter | 241 |
Chapter | 428 |
Chapter | 447 |
A Yu Rozanov E Zhegallo G T Ushatinskaya | 466 |
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Fossil and Recent Biofilms: A Natural History of Life on Earth Wolfgang Elisabeth Krumbein,D.M. Paterson,G.A. Zavarzin Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2003 |
Fossil and Recent Biofilms: A Natural History of Life on Earth Wolfgang Elisabeth Krumbein,D.M. Paterson,G.A. Zavarzin Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2003 |
Fossil and Recent Biofilms: A Natural History of Life on Earth W.E. Krumbein,D.M. Paterson,G.A. Zavarzin Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2010 |
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activity algae anaerobic aragonite Archaean Arndt associated benthic biofilms biological biomass biosphere bioturbation bryozoan burrows CaCO3 precipitation calcification calcium carbonate precipitation cells chthonoplastes ciliates colonies crusts culture cyanobacteria cyanobacterial mats cycle Decho denitrification deposits diatoms Earth Ecol Ecology ecosystems electron endolithic environment environmental euglenids exopolymer extracellular Fenchel Figure filamentous film flagellates fluorescence formation fossil fungal fungi geophysiology Gerdes grains grazing growth heterocystous heterotrophic heterotrophic bacteria hypersaline interactions intertidal Krumbein Kühl lakes laminated layer light lithified lotic matrix Mellum meteorite micritic microbial biofilms microbial communities microbial mats Microbiol Microbiology microorganisms microscopy mineral modern marine stromatolites morphological N2 fixation nitrogen fixation Noffke occur Oldenburg ooids organisms oxidation oxygen Paterson photosynthesis phototrophic planet processes prokaryotes protozoans Reid rock role samples sediment sedimentary Seilacher sheaths species spheres Stal Stolz stromatolites studies substrate sulfide sulfur surface temperature tidal trichomes Visscher Zavarzin zone µmol