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an actin-myosin motility system. Cell Motil Cytoskel 44:23–33
Prieto-Barajas CM, Valencia-Cantero E, Santoyo G (2018) Microbial mat ecosystems: structure
types, functional diversity, and biotechnological application. Electron J Biotechnol 31:48–56
Robertson CE, Spear JR, Harris JK, Pace NR (2009) Diversity and stratification of archaea in a
hypersaline microbial mat. Appl Environ Microbiol 75:1801–1810
Rollinson H (2007) Ch. 6: the origin of life. In: Early earth systems, a geochemical approach.
Blackwell Publishing, Malden, pp 215–241
Saint-Béat B, Dupuy C, Agogué H, Carpentier A, Chalumeau J, Como S, David V, De Crignis M,
Duchêne J-C, Fontaine C, Feunteun E, Guizien K, Hartmann H, Lavaud J, Lefebvre S,
Lefrançois C, Mallet C, Montanié H, Mouget J-L, Orvain F, Ory P, Pascal P-Y, Radenac G,
Richard P, Vézina AF, Niquil N (2014) How does the resuspension of the biofilm alter the
functioning of the benthos-pelagos coupled food web of a bare mudflat in Marennes-Oléron Bay
(NE Atlantic)? J Sea Res 92:144–157
Schieber J (2004) Microbial mats in the siliciclastic rock record: a summary of diagnostic features.
The Precambrian Earth: Tempos and Events, Developments in Precambrian Geology
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Shepard RN, Sumner DY (2010) Undirected motility of filamentous cyanobacteria produces
reticulate mats. Geobiology 8:179–190
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exopolysaccharide production of benthic diatoms. Mar Ecol Progr Ser 193:261–269
Staats N, Stal LJ, Mur LR (2000) Exopolysaccharide production by the epipelic diatom
Cylindrotheca closterium: effects of nutrient conditions. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 249:13–27
Stal LJ (2003) Microphytobenthos, their extracellular polymeric substances, and the morphogenesis
of intertidal sediments. Geomicrobiol J 20:463–478
Stal LJ (2010) Microphytobenthos as a biogeomorphological force in intertidal sediment stabilization. Ecol Eng 36:236–245
Stal LJ (2012) Chapter 4: Cyanobacterial mats and stromatolites. In: Whitton BA (ed) Ecology of
cyanobacteria II. Springer, Their Diversity in Space and Time, pp 65–125
Stal LJ, de Brouwer JFC (2005) Diatom biofilms and the stability of intertidal mudflats. Geophys
Res Abstracts 7: 2028
Stal LJ, van Gemerden H, Krumbein WE (1985) Structure and development of a benthic marine
microbial mat. FEMS Microb Ecol 31:111–125
Stoodley P (2016) Biofilms: flow disrupts communication. Nat Microbiol 1: 15012; doi.org/10.
1038/nmicrobiol.2015.12
Stoodley P, Sauer K, Davies DG, Costerton JW (2002) Biofilms as complex differentiated communities. Annu Rev Microbiol 56:187–209
Summons RE, Jahnke LL, Hope JM, Logan GA (1999) 2-Methylhopanoids as biomarkers for
cyanobacterial oxygenic photosynthesis. Nature 400:554–557
Sutherland W (2001) The biofilm matrix-an immobilized but dynamic microbial environment.
Trends Microbiol 9:222–227
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digestion. Aquat Microb Ecol 21:211–219
Poulsen NC, Spector I, Spurck TP, Schultz TF, Wetherbee R (1999) Diatom gliding is the result of
an actin-myosin motility system. Cell Motil Cytoskel 44:23–33
Prieto-Barajas CM, Valencia-Cantero E, Santoyo G (2018) Microbial mat ecosystems: structure
types, functional diversity, and biotechnological application. Electron J Biotechnol 31:48–56
Robertson CE, Spear JR, Harris JK, Pace NR (2009) Diversity and stratification of archaea in a
hypersaline microbial mat. Appl Environ Microbiol 75:1801–1810
Rollinson H (2007) Ch. 6: the origin of life. In: Early earth systems, a geochemical approach.
Blackwell Publishing, Malden, pp 215–241
Saint-Béat B, Dupuy C, Agogué H, Carpentier A, Chalumeau J, Como S, David V, De Crignis M,
Duchêne J-C, Fontaine C, Feunteun E, Guizien K, Hartmann H, Lavaud J, Lefebvre S,
Lefrançois C, Mallet C, Montanié H, Mouget J-L, Orvain F, Ory P, Pascal P-Y, Radenac G,
Richard P, Vézina AF, Niquil N (2014) How does the resuspension of the biofilm alter the
functioning of the benthos-pelagos coupled food web of a bare mudflat in Marennes-Oléron Bay
(NE Atlantic)? J Sea Res 92:144–157
Schieber J (2004) Microbial mats in the siliciclastic rock record: a summary of diagnostic features.
The Precambrian Earth: Tempos and Events, Developments in Precambrian Geology
12:663–673
Schopf JW (2012) The fossil record of cyanobacteria. In: Whitton BA (ed) Ecology of
cyanobacteria II: their diversity in space and time, 2nd edn. Springer, Heidelberg, pp 15–36
Schopf JW, Walter MR (1982) Origin and early evolution of cyanobacteria: the geological
evidence. In: Witton BA (ed) Carr NG. Blackwell/University of California Press, The Biology
of Cyanobacteria, pp 543–564
Seilacher A (1999) Biomat-related lifestyles in the Precambrian. PALAIOS 14:86–93
Seilacher A, Reif W-E, Westphal F (1985) Sedimentological, ecological and temporal patterns of
fossil Lagerstätten. In: Whittington HB, Conway Morris S (eds) Extraordinary fossil biotas:
their ecological and evolutionary significance. Philos T R Soc B, vol 311, pp 5–23
Shepard RN, Sumner DY (2010) Undirected motility of filamentous cyanobacteria produces
reticulate mats. Geobiology 8:179–190
Staats N, Stal LJ, de Winder B, Mur LR (2000) Oxygenic photosynthesis as driving process in
exopolysaccharide production of benthic diatoms. Mar Ecol Progr Ser 193:261–269
Staats N, Stal LJ, Mur LR (2000) Exopolysaccharide production by the epipelic diatom
Cylindrotheca closterium: effects of nutrient conditions. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 249:13–27
Stal LJ (2003) Microphytobenthos, their extracellular polymeric substances, and the morphogenesis
of intertidal sediments. Geomicrobiol J 20:463–478
Stal LJ (2010) Microphytobenthos as a biogeomorphological force in intertidal sediment stabilization. Ecol Eng 36:236–245
Stal LJ (2012) Chapter 4: Cyanobacterial mats and stromatolites. In: Whitton BA (ed) Ecology of
cyanobacteria II. Springer, Their Diversity in Space and Time, pp 65–125
Stal LJ, de Brouwer JFC (2005) Diatom biofilms and the stability of intertidal mudflats. Geophys
Res Abstracts 7: 2028
Stal LJ, van Gemerden H, Krumbein WE (1985) Structure and development of a benthic marine
microbial mat. FEMS Microb Ecol 31:111–125
Stoodley P (2016) Biofilms: flow disrupts communication. Nat Microbiol 1: 15012; doi.org/10.
1038/nmicrobiol.2015.12
Stoodley P, Sauer K, Davies DG, Costerton JW (2002) Biofilms as complex differentiated communities. Annu Rev Microbiol 56:187–209
Summons RE, Jahnke LL, Hope JM, Logan GA (1999) 2-Methylhopanoids as biomarkers for
cyanobacterial oxygenic photosynthesis. Nature 400:554–557
Sutherland W (2001) The biofilm matrix-an immobilized but dynamic microbial environment.
Trends Microbiol 9:222–227
3 Microbes and Marine Sediments: A Lifelong Relationship on Earth’s Biosphere
87