these remarkable first ecosystems to be so successful in the early colonization of
Earth’s biosphere.
Acknowledgments I would like to extend my thanks to Dr. C.J. Hurst for inviting me to be part of
this exciting book project and providing valuable and constructive comments on an early draft.
Jerónimo Pan
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Rullkötter J, Golubic S (2008) Lipid biomarkers, pigments and cyanobacterial diversity of
microbial mats across intertidal flats of the arid coast of the Arabian Gulf (Abu Dhabi, UAE).
FEMS Microbiol Ecol 65:449–462
Awramik SM, Schopf JW, Walter MR (1983) Filamentous fossil bacteria from the Archaean of
Western Australia. Precambrian Res 20:357–374
Balskus EP, Case RJ, Walsh CT (2011) The biosynthesis of cyanobacterial sunscreen scytonemin in
intertidal microbial mat communities. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 77:322–332
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Bolhuis H, Stal LJ (2011) Analysis of bacterial and archaeal diversity in coastal microbial mats
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Sim MS, Mui J (2012) Cyanobacterial diversity and activity in modern conical microbialites.
Geobiology 10:384–401
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Earth’s biosphere.
Acknowledgments I would like to extend my thanks to Dr. C.J. Hurst for inviting me to be part of
this exciting book project and providing valuable and constructive comments on an early draft.
Jerónimo Pan
References
Abed RMM, Kohls K, Schoon R, Scherf A-K, Schacht M, Palinska KA, Al-Hassani H, Hamza W,
Rullkötter J, Golubic S (2008) Lipid biomarkers, pigments and cyanobacterial diversity of
microbial mats across intertidal flats of the arid coast of the Arabian Gulf (Abu Dhabi, UAE).
FEMS Microbiol Ecol 65:449–462
Awramik SM, Schopf JW, Walter MR (1983) Filamentous fossil bacteria from the Archaean of
Western Australia. Precambrian Res 20:357–374
Balskus EP, Case RJ, Walsh CT (2011) The biosynthesis of cyanobacterial sunscreen scytonemin in
intertidal microbial mat communities. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 77:322–332
Bartley JK (1996) Actualistic taphonomy of cyanobacteria; implications for the Precambrian fossil
record. PALAIOS 11:571–586
Bohacs KM, Junium CK (2007) Microbial mat sedimentary structures and their relation to organiccarbon burial in the Middle Neoproterozoic Chuar Group, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA. In:
Schieber J, Bose PK, Eriksson PG, Banerjee S, Sarkar S, Altermann W, Catuneau O (eds) Atlas
of microbial mat features preserved within the clastic rock record. Elsevier, pp 208–213
Bolhuis H, Severin I, Confurius-Guns V, Wollenzien UIA, Stal LJ (2010) Horizontal transfer of the
nitrogen fixation gene cluster in the cyanobacterium Microcoleus chthonoplastes. ISME J
4:121–130
Bolhuis H, Stal LJ (2011) Analysis of bacterial and archaeal diversity in coastal microbial mats
using massive parallel 16S rRNA gene tag sequencing. ISME J 5:1701–1712
Bosak T, Liang B, Wu T-D, Templer SP, Evans A, Vali H, Guerquin-Kern J-L, Klepac-Ceraj V,
Sim MS, Mui J (2012) Cyanobacterial diversity and activity in modern conical microbialites.
Geobiology 10:384–401
Bouougri E, Porada H (2002) Mat-related sedimentary structures in Neoproterozoic peritidal
passive margin deposits of the West African Craton (Anti-Atlas, Morocco). Sediment Geol
153:85–106
82
J. Pan