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Microbial mat

A microbial mat is a multi-layered sheet or biofilm of microbial colonies, composed of mainly bacteria and/or archaea. Microbial mats grow at interfaces between different types of material, mostly on submerged or moist surfaces, but a few survive in deserts. A few are found as endosymbionts of animals.

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Microbial mat

Nodes105
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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Structure · 12
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related to Use of microbial mats in paleontology · 9
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related to References · 8
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related to The earliest mats · 8
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related to Origin of eukaryotes · 6
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related to Ecological and geological importance · 5
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related to Types of environment colonized · 5
Microbial mat → Microbial, Sippewissett, They, Thinner, Underwater
related to External links · 4
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related to The Cambrian substrate revolution · 4
Microbial mat → As, Cambrian, Early Cambrian, In

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Microbial matis amulti-layered sheet or biofilm of microbial colonies0.90text
sandinstance ofon mineral particles0.80text
and within soilinstance ofon mineral particles0.80text
shells are usually foundinstance ofthe remains of soft-bodied organisms and also of the soft parts of organisms for which only hard parts0.80text
Microbial matrelated to Current statusAlthough0.60section
Microbial matrelated to Current statusCambrian0.60section
Microbial matrelated to DescriptionMicrobial0.60section
Microbial matrelated to DescriptionThey0.60section
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Microbial matrelated to DescriptionSuch0.60section
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Microbial matrelated to DescriptionHowever0.60section

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