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The Versatility of Microorganisms
Living organisms are ubiquitous; they are observed in almost every ecological niche, from the air to various habitats on land and deep in the oceans. The abiding presence of microorganisms has also a temporal ...
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Archean Biofilms Preserved in the Swaziland Supergroup, South Africa
The discovery of microfossils and stromatolites in Archean rocks of South Africa and Australia respectively (Awramik et al., 1983; Walsh and Lowe, 1985; Byerly et al., 1986; Walsh, 1992; Schopf, 1993; Westall ...
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Fossil Biofilms and the Search for Life on Mars
Microbial biofilms and mats are documented as fossils in rocks throughout the 3.5 b.y.-old morphological fossil record of life on Earth (Westall et al., 2000). The polymer-rich biofilms are, per se, highly robust...