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Hoiczyk E, Baumeister W (1995) Envelope structure of four gliding filamentous cyanobacteria. J
Bacteriol 177:2387–2395
Homann M, Heubeck C, Airo A, Tice MM (2015) Morphological adaptations of 3.22 Ga-old tufted
microbial mats to Archean coastal habitats (Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt,
South Africa). Precambrian Res 266:47–64
Horodyski RJ, Bloeser B, Vonder Haar S (1977) Laminated algal mats from a coastal lagoon,
Laguna Mormona, Baja California, Mexico. J Sediment Petrol 47:680–696
Javaux EJ, Marshall CP, Bekker A (2010) Organic-walled microfossils in 3.2-billion-year-old
shallow-marine siliciclastic deposits. Nature 463:934–938
Jumars PA (1993) Concepts in biological oceanography, an interdisciplinary primer. Oxford
University Press, Oxford
Kaźmierczak J, Fenchel T, Kühl M, Kempe S, Kremer B, Łącka B, Małkowski K (2015) CaCO 3
precipitation in multilayered cyanobacterial mats: clues to explain the alternation of micrite and
sparite layers in calcareous stromatolites. Life 5:744–769
Kazmierczak J, Kempe S, Kremer B (2013) Calcium in the early evolution of living systems: a
biohistorical approach. Curr Org Chem 17:1738–1750
Keeling PJ (2010) The endosymbiotic origin, diversification and fate of plastids. Phil Trans R Soc
B:729: 748
Koehler I, Konhauser K, Kappler A (2010) Chapter 14: role of microorganisms in banded iron
formations. In: Barton LL, Mandl M, Loy A (eds) Geomicrobiology: molecular and environmental perspective. Springer, pp 309–324
Kutschera U, Niklas KJ (2005) Endosymbiosis, cell evolution, and speciation. Theory Biosci
124:1–24
Lawrence JR, Swerhone GDW, Kwong YTJ (1998) Natural attenuation of aqueous metal contamination by an algal mat. Can J Microbiol 44:825–832
Lazcano A, Miller SL (1996) The origin and early evolution of life: prebiotic chemistry, the
pre-RNA world, and time. Cell 85:793–798
Ley RE, Harris JK, Wilcox J, Spear JR, Miller SR, Bebout BM, Maresca JA, Bryant DA, Sogin ML,
Pace NR (2006) Unexpected diversity and complexity of the Guerrero Negro hypersaline
microbial mat. Appl Environ Microbiol 72:3685–3695
Li P, Harding SE, Liu Z (2001) Cyanobacterial exopolysaccharides: their nature and potential
biotechnological applications. Biotechnol Genet Eng Rev 18:375–404
MacIntyre HL, Geider RJ, Miller DC (1996) Microphytobenthos: the ecological role of the "secret
garden" of unvegetated, shallow-water marine habitats. I. Distribution, abundance and primary
production. Estuaries 19:186–201
Maisano L, Quijada IE, Cuadrado DG, Perillo VL, Pan J, Martinez AM (2020) Carbonate laminae
recorded in a siliciclastic tidal flat colonized by microbial mats. Sedim Geol 405:105702. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2020.105702
Mann DG, Crawford RM, Round FE (2017) Chapter 7: Bacillariophyta. In: Archibald JM, Simpson
AGB, Slamovits CH (eds) Handbook of the Protists, 2nd edn. Springer, pp 205–266
Margulis L, Barghoorn ES, Ashendorf D, Banerjee S, Chase D, Francis S, Giovannoni S, Stolz J
(1980) The microbial community in the layered sediments of Laguna Figueroa, Baja California
Mexico: does it have Precambrian analogues? Precambrian Res 11:93–123
Margulis L, Dolan MF (2002) Early life: evolution on the Precambrian earth. Jones and Bartlett
Publishers, Sudbury
Marques da Silva J, Duarte B, Utkin AB (2020) Travelling expenses: the energy cost of diel vertical
migrations of epipelic microphytobenthos. Front Mar Sci 7:433. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.
2020.00433
Martin RE (1999) Taphonomy: a process approach. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
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stromatolites? Geosciences 9:359. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9080359
Hoagland KD, Rosowski JR, Gretz MR, Roemer SC (1993) Diatom extracellular polymeric substances: function, fine structure, chemistry and physiology. J Phycol 29:537–566
Hoiczyk E, Baumeister W (1995) Envelope structure of four gliding filamentous cyanobacteria. J
Bacteriol 177:2387–2395
Homann M, Heubeck C, Airo A, Tice MM (2015) Morphological adaptations of 3.22 Ga-old tufted
microbial mats to Archean coastal habitats (Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt,
South Africa). Precambrian Res 266:47–64
Horodyski RJ, Bloeser B, Vonder Haar S (1977) Laminated algal mats from a coastal lagoon,
Laguna Mormona, Baja California, Mexico. J Sediment Petrol 47:680–696
Javaux EJ, Marshall CP, Bekker A (2010) Organic-walled microfossils in 3.2-billion-year-old
shallow-marine siliciclastic deposits. Nature 463:934–938
Jumars PA (1993) Concepts in biological oceanography, an interdisciplinary primer. Oxford
University Press, Oxford
Kaźmierczak J, Fenchel T, Kühl M, Kempe S, Kremer B, Łącka B, Małkowski K (2015) CaCO 3
precipitation in multilayered cyanobacterial mats: clues to explain the alternation of micrite and
sparite layers in calcareous stromatolites. Life 5:744–769
Kazmierczak J, Kempe S, Kremer B (2013) Calcium in the early evolution of living systems: a
biohistorical approach. Curr Org Chem 17:1738–1750
Keeling PJ (2010) The endosymbiotic origin, diversification and fate of plastids. Phil Trans R Soc
B:729: 748
Koehler I, Konhauser K, Kappler A (2010) Chapter 14: role of microorganisms in banded iron
formations. In: Barton LL, Mandl M, Loy A (eds) Geomicrobiology: molecular and environmental perspective. Springer, pp 309–324
Kutschera U, Niklas KJ (2005) Endosymbiosis, cell evolution, and speciation. Theory Biosci
124:1–24
Lawrence JR, Swerhone GDW, Kwong YTJ (1998) Natural attenuation of aqueous metal contamination by an algal mat. Can J Microbiol 44:825–832
Lazcano A, Miller SL (1996) The origin and early evolution of life: prebiotic chemistry, the
pre-RNA world, and time. Cell 85:793–798
Ley RE, Harris JK, Wilcox J, Spear JR, Miller SR, Bebout BM, Maresca JA, Bryant DA, Sogin ML,
Pace NR (2006) Unexpected diversity and complexity of the Guerrero Negro hypersaline
microbial mat. Appl Environ Microbiol 72:3685–3695
Li P, Harding SE, Liu Z (2001) Cyanobacterial exopolysaccharides: their nature and potential
biotechnological applications. Biotechnol Genet Eng Rev 18:375–404
MacIntyre HL, Geider RJ, Miller DC (1996) Microphytobenthos: the ecological role of the "secret
garden" of unvegetated, shallow-water marine habitats. I. Distribution, abundance and primary
production. Estuaries 19:186–201
Maisano L, Quijada IE, Cuadrado DG, Perillo VL, Pan J, Martinez AM (2020) Carbonate laminae
recorded in a siliciclastic tidal flat colonized by microbial mats. Sedim Geol 405:105702. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2020.105702
Mann DG, Crawford RM, Round FE (2017) Chapter 7: Bacillariophyta. In: Archibald JM, Simpson
AGB, Slamovits CH (eds) Handbook of the Protists, 2nd edn. Springer, pp 205–266
Margulis L, Barghoorn ES, Ashendorf D, Banerjee S, Chase D, Francis S, Giovannoni S, Stolz J
(1980) The microbial community in the layered sediments of Laguna Figueroa, Baja California
Mexico: does it have Precambrian analogues? Precambrian Res 11:93–123
Margulis L, Dolan MF (2002) Early life: evolution on the Precambrian earth. Jones and Bartlett
Publishers, Sudbury
Marques da Silva J, Duarte B, Utkin AB (2020) Travelling expenses: the energy cost of diel vertical
migrations of epipelic microphytobenthos. Front Mar Sci 7:433. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.
2020.00433
Martin RE (1999) Taphonomy: a process approach. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
3 Microbes and Marine Sediments: A Lifelong Relationship on Earth’s Biosphere
85