Microbial Mats

Question 1

microbial mats

Answer 1

• dispersion of hydrothermal metals in Archean sea water

Question 2

implications of microbial mats

Answer 2

• environmental complexity in origin of life models
• life model on Earth

Question 3

Earth is a microbial planet

Answer 3

• microbes most abundant biomass
• regulate chemistry of atmosphere and ocean
• play role in long term stabilization of climate
• microbial ecosystems
  microbial amts
  stromatolites
  macroscopic structures