Oxygen-Dependent Morphogenesis of Modern Clumped Photosynthetic Mats and Implications for the Archean Stromatolite Record

Oxygen-Dependent Morphogenesis of Modern Clumped Photosynthetic Mats and Implications for the Archean Stromatolite Record

Some modern filamentous oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria (cyanobacteria) form macroscopic tufts, laminated cones and ridges that are very similar to some Archean and Proterozoic stromatolites. However, it remains unclear whether microbes that constructed Archean clumps, tufts, cones and ridges also...

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Main Authors: Malcolm R. Walter, Vanja Klepac-Ceraj, David T. Flannery, Alexander Evans, Alexander P. Petroff, Biqing Liang, Min Sub Sim, Tanja Bosak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-10-01
Series:Geosciences
Subjects:
stromatolite
oxygen
photosynthesis
cyanobacteria
morphogenesis
Archean
evolution
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/2/4/235

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