KnowraMicrobial matLinked fromLinked fromThe 11 pages that link to Microbial mat, each with the reason it gives.All 11Broader topic 2Related 8Narrower topic 1Microbial ecologyBroader topic: Its spatial layers show how metabolism and environmental gradients organize microbial communities.StromatoliteNarrower topic: Stromatolites can grow as microbial mats bind sediment or induce mineral formation.Ediacaran biotaRelated: Mat-covered seafloors provided habitats and may have aided preservation of soft-bodied fossils.Solnhofen limestoneRelated: Microbial films could stabilize carcasses and preserve delicate impressions in lagoon sediment.TravertineRelated: Microbial mats can trap particles and influence carbonate precipitation and layering.Meromictic lakeRelated: Stable gradients in meromictic lakes can support distinctive microbial communities.Anoxygenic photosynthesisRelated: Anoxygenic phototrophs occupy illuminated layers beneath or beside oxygen-producing communities.Environmental microbiologyBroader topic: Mats provide visible examples of spatially organized microbial communities and chemical gradients.KimberellaRelated: Scrape marks associated with Kimberella suggest it fed on microbial mats covering the seafloor.DickinsoniaRelated: Mats carpeted Ediacaran seafloors and could have supplied Dickinsonia with food.ChloroflexotaRelated: Chloroflexota can form prominent layers in hot-spring mats.