The microbiome of modern microbialites in Bacalar Lagoon, Mexico.

Microbialites are highly diverse microbial communities that represent modern examples of the oldest life forms, stromatolites (dated >3.7 Ga). Bacalar Lagoon, in Mexico, harbors the largest freshwater microbialite occurrences of the world; yet diverse anthropogenic activities are changing the oli...

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Main Authors: Alfredo Yanez-Montalvo, Selene Gómez-Acata, Bernardo Águila, Héctor Hernández-Arana, Luisa I Falcón
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230071