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the Neoproterozoic Nama Group of Namibia. J Afr Earth Sci 48:38–48
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Grassineau NV (2002) Questioning the evidence for Earth’s oldest fossils. Nature 416:76–81
Brasier M, Green O, Lindsay J, Steele A (2004) Earth’s oldest (~3.5 Ga) fossils and the ‘early Eden
hypothesis’: questioning the evidence. Orig Life Evol Biosph 34:257–269
Brasier MD, Wacey D (2012) Fossils and astrobiology: new protocols for cell evolution in deep
time. Int J Astrobiol 11:217–228
Brocks JJ, Logan GA, Buick R, Summons RE (1999) Archean molecular fossils and the early rise of
eukaryotes. Science 285:1033–1036
Cardoso DC, Cretoiu MS, Stal LJ, Bolhuis H (2019) Seasonal development of a coastal microbial
mat. Sci Rep 9:9035
Carrión JS (2003) Evolución vegetal. DM Librero-Editor, Murcia
Cartaxana P, Domingues N, Cruz S, Jesus B, Laviale M, Serôdio J, Marques da Silva J (2013)
Photoinhibition in benthic diatom assemblages under light stress. Aquat Microb Ecol 70:87–92
Castenholz RW (2009) Mats, microbial. In: Maier RM, Pepper IL, Gerba CP (eds) Environmental
microbiology and ecology, 2nd edn. Elsevier, pp 278–292
Costerton JW, Cheng KJ, Geesey GG, Ladd TI, Nickel JC, Dasgupta M, Marrie TJ (1987) Bacterial
biofilms in nature and disease. Annu Rev Microbiol 41:435–464
Costerton J, Stoodley P (2003) Microbial biofilms: protective niches in ancient and modern
geomicrobiology. In: Krumbein WE, Paterson DM, Zavarzin GA (eds) Fossil and recent
biofilms. Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp 15–21
Cuadrado DG (2017) Microbial mats: impact on geology. In: Reference module in life sciences.
Elsevier, pp 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.13076-6
Cuadrado DG, Pan J (2018) Field observations on the evolution of reticulate patterns in microbial
mats in a modern siliciclastic coastal environment. J Sedim Res 88:24–37
Cuadrado DG, Pan J, Gómez EA, Maisano L (2015) Deformed microbial mat structures in a
semiarid temperate coastal setting. Sediment Geol 325:106–118
Cuadrado DG, Perillo GME, Vitale A (2014) Modern microbial mats in siliciclastic tidal flats:
evolution, structure and the role of hydrodynamics. Mar Geol 352:367–380
Dade WB, Davis JD, Nichols PD, Nowell ARM, Thistle D, Trexler MB, White DC (1990) Effects
of bacterial exopolymer adhesion on the entrainment of sand. Geomicrobiol J 8:1–16
Davies NS, Liu AG, Gibling MR, Miller RF (2016) Resolving MISS conceptions and misconceptions: a geological approach to sedimentary surface textures generated by microbial and abiotic
processes. Earth-Sci Rev 154:210–246
de Boer PL (1981) Mechanical effects of micro-organisms on intertidal bedform migration.
Sedimentology 28:129–132
de los Ríos A, Ascaso C, Wierzchos J, Fernández-Valiente E, Quesada A (2004) Microstructural
characterization of cyanobacterial mats from the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Appl Environ
Microbiol 70:569–580
de Winder B, Staats N, Stal LJ, Paterson DM (1999) Carbohydrate secretion by phototrophic
communities in tidal sediments. J Sea Res 42:131–146
Decho AW (1990) Microbial exopolymer secretions in ocean environments: their role(s) in food
webs and marine processes. Oceanogr Mar Biol Ann Rev 28:73–153
Decho AW (2010) Overview of biopolymer-induced mineralization: what goes on in biofilms? Ecol
Eng 36:137–144
Decho AW, Gutierrez T (2017) Microbial extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) in ocean
systems. Front Microbiol 8:922. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00922
Des Marais DJ (1990) Microbial mats and the early evolution of life. Trends Ecol Evol 5:140–144
Des Marais DJ (2003) Biogeochemistry of hypersaline microbial mats illustrates the dynamics of
modern microbial ecosystems and the early evolution of the biosphere. Biol Bull 204:160–167
Des Marais DJ (2010) Marine hypersaline Microcoleus-dominated cyanobacterial mats in the
saltern at Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico: a system-level perspective. In:
3 Microbes and Marine Sediments: A Lifelong Relationship on Earth’s Biosphere
83
the Neoproterozoic Nama Group of Namibia. J Afr Earth Sci 48:38–48
Brasier MD, Green OR, Jephcoat AP, Kleppe AK, van Kranendonk MJ, Lindsay JF, Steele A,
Grassineau NV (2002) Questioning the evidence for Earth’s oldest fossils. Nature 416:76–81
Brasier M, Green O, Lindsay J, Steele A (2004) Earth’s oldest (~3.5 Ga) fossils and the ‘early Eden
hypothesis’: questioning the evidence. Orig Life Evol Biosph 34:257–269
Brasier MD, Wacey D (2012) Fossils and astrobiology: new protocols for cell evolution in deep
time. Int J Astrobiol 11:217–228
Brocks JJ, Logan GA, Buick R, Summons RE (1999) Archean molecular fossils and the early rise of
eukaryotes. Science 285:1033–1036
Cardoso DC, Cretoiu MS, Stal LJ, Bolhuis H (2019) Seasonal development of a coastal microbial
mat. Sci Rep 9:9035
Carrión JS (2003) Evolución vegetal. DM Librero-Editor, Murcia
Cartaxana P, Domingues N, Cruz S, Jesus B, Laviale M, Serôdio J, Marques da Silva J (2013)
Photoinhibition in benthic diatom assemblages under light stress. Aquat Microb Ecol 70:87–92
Castenholz RW (2009) Mats, microbial. In: Maier RM, Pepper IL, Gerba CP (eds) Environmental
microbiology and ecology, 2nd edn. Elsevier, pp 278–292
Costerton JW, Cheng KJ, Geesey GG, Ladd TI, Nickel JC, Dasgupta M, Marrie TJ (1987) Bacterial
biofilms in nature and disease. Annu Rev Microbiol 41:435–464
Costerton J, Stoodley P (2003) Microbial biofilms: protective niches in ancient and modern
geomicrobiology. In: Krumbein WE, Paterson DM, Zavarzin GA (eds) Fossil and recent
biofilms. Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp 15–21
Cuadrado DG (2017) Microbial mats: impact on geology. In: Reference module in life sciences.
Elsevier, pp 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.13076-6
Cuadrado DG, Pan J (2018) Field observations on the evolution of reticulate patterns in microbial
mats in a modern siliciclastic coastal environment. J Sedim Res 88:24–37
Cuadrado DG, Pan J, Gómez EA, Maisano L (2015) Deformed microbial mat structures in a
semiarid temperate coastal setting. Sediment Geol 325:106–118
Cuadrado DG, Perillo GME, Vitale A (2014) Modern microbial mats in siliciclastic tidal flats:
evolution, structure and the role of hydrodynamics. Mar Geol 352:367–380
Dade WB, Davis JD, Nichols PD, Nowell ARM, Thistle D, Trexler MB, White DC (1990) Effects
of bacterial exopolymer adhesion on the entrainment of sand. Geomicrobiol J 8:1–16
Davies NS, Liu AG, Gibling MR, Miller RF (2016) Resolving MISS conceptions and misconceptions: a geological approach to sedimentary surface textures generated by microbial and abiotic
processes. Earth-Sci Rev 154:210–246
de Boer PL (1981) Mechanical effects of micro-organisms on intertidal bedform migration.
Sedimentology 28:129–132
de los Ríos A, Ascaso C, Wierzchos J, Fernández-Valiente E, Quesada A (2004) Microstructural
characterization of cyanobacterial mats from the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Appl Environ
Microbiol 70:569–580
de Winder B, Staats N, Stal LJ, Paterson DM (1999) Carbohydrate secretion by phototrophic
communities in tidal sediments. J Sea Res 42:131–146
Decho AW (1990) Microbial exopolymer secretions in ocean environments: their role(s) in food
webs and marine processes. Oceanogr Mar Biol Ann Rev 28:73–153
Decho AW (2010) Overview of biopolymer-induced mineralization: what goes on in biofilms? Ecol
Eng 36:137–144
Decho AW, Gutierrez T (2017) Microbial extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) in ocean
systems. Front Microbiol 8:922. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00922
Des Marais DJ (1990) Microbial mats and the early evolution of life. Trends Ecol Evol 5:140–144
Des Marais DJ (2003) Biogeochemistry of hypersaline microbial mats illustrates the dynamics of
modern microbial ecosystems and the early evolution of the biosphere. Biol Bull 204:160–167
Des Marais DJ (2010) Marine hypersaline Microcoleus-dominated cyanobacterial mats in the
saltern at Guerrero Negro, Baja California Sur, Mexico: a system-level perspective. In:
3 Microbes and Marine Sediments: A Lifelong Relationship on Earth’s Biosphere
83