Abstract
Research in the burgeoning field of geomicrobiology reveals an “intimate juxtaposition and interdependence” of microbes and minerals that we are only beginning to appreciate (Skinner 1997, p. 1). Future studies of microbe-mineral interactions are likely to lead to major advances in our understanding of such fundamental issues as the dynamics of sedimentation, the flow of energy and matter through the biosphere, and the evolution of life on Earth (Nealson 2000, Nealson and Stahl 1997, Hazen 2001)
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Reid, P., Dupraz, C.D., Visscher, P.T., Sumner, D.Y. (2003). Microbial Processes Forming Marine Stromatolites. In: Krumbein, W.E., Paterson, D.M., Zavarzin, G.A. (eds) Fossil and Recent Biofilms. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0193-8_6
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