Microbial mat
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microbial-mat-181-18698765
title:
Microbial mat
text:
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. Although only a few centimetres thick at most, microbial mats create a wide range of internal chemical environments, and hence generally consist of layers of microorganisms that can feed on or at
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Multi-layered sheet of microorganisms
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbial_mat
date created:
2008-07-01T17:40:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T05:41:31Z
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13
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