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Modern microbial mats and MISS are the keys to understanding the nature of ancient benthic microbiota and their habitats. Most intriguing is the question: which prokaryotes formed biofilms and microbial mats in Earth’s past? Geobiologists help to answer the question by studying the present. They are interested to learn how modern organisms interact with their environments. This information provides insight into ancient worlds.
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Noffke, N. (2010). Application. In: Geobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12772-4_4
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