{"product_id":"microbial-mats-joseph-seckbach-9789400732414","title":"Microbial Mats: Modern and Ancient Microorganisms in Stratified Systems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book provides information about microbial mats, from early fossils to modern mats located in marine and terrestrial environments. Microbial mats - layered biofilms containing different types of cells - are most complex systems in which representatives of various groups of organisms are found together. Among them are cyanobacteria and eukaryotic phototrophs, aerobic heterotrophic and chemoautotrophic bacteria, protozoa, anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria, and other types of microorganisms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese mats are perfect models for biogeochemical processes, such as the cycles of chemical elements, in which a variety of microorganisms cooperate and interact in complex ways. They are often found under extreme conditions and their study contributes to our understanding of extremophilic life. Moreover, microbial mats are models for Precambrian stromatolites; the study of modern microbial mats may provide information on the processes that may have occurred on Earth when prokaryotic life began to spread.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Seckbach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9400732414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789400732414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.40d","brand":"Joseph Seckbach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930972864767,"sku":"9789400732414","price":219.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62019f95-a658-49d9-a20c-e5ba14a6aab0.jpg?v=1766345568","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/microbial-mats-joseph-seckbach-9789400732414","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}