Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
L. Baumgartner, R. Reid, C. Dupraz, A. Decho, D. Buckley, J. Spear, Kristen Przekop, P. Visscher (2006)
Sulfate reducing bacteria in microbial mats: Changing paradigms, new discoveriesSedimentary Geology, 185
M. Schidlowski (1995)
Isotope fractionations in the terrestrial carbon cycle: a brief overview.Advances in space research : the official journal of the Committee on Space Research, 15 3
P. Cacchio, Rosita Contento, C. Ercole, G. Cappuccio, M. Martinez, A. Lepidi (2004)
Involvement of Microorganisms in the Formation of Carbonate Speleothems in the Cervo Cave (L'Aquila-Italy)Geomicrobiology Journal, 21
P. Wilby, D. Briggs, P. Bernier, C. Gaillard (1996)
Role of microbial mats in the fossilization of soft tissuesGeology, 24
Krekeler Krekeler, Teske Teske, Cypionka Cypionka (1998)
Strategies of sulfate?reducing bacteria to escape oxygen stress in a cyanobacterial matFEMS Microbiology Ecology, 25
L. Margulis, E. Barghoorn, Debra Ashendorf, S. Banerjee, D. Chase, S. Francis, S. Giovannoni, J. Stolz (1980)
The microbial community in the layered sediments at Laguna Figueroa, Baja California, Mexico: Does it have Precambrian analogues?Precambrian Research, 11
D. Paterson (1989)
Short‐term changes in the erodibility of intertidal cohesive sediments related to the migratory behavior of epipelic diatomsLimnology and Oceanography, 34
D. Rey, B. Rubio, A. Bernabéu, F. Vilas (2004)
Formation, exposure, and evolution of a high-latitude beachrock in the intertidal zone of the Corrubedo complex (Ria de Arousa, Galicia, NW Spain)Sedimentary Geology, 169
M. Rivadeneyra, Gabriel Delgado, A. Ramos‐Cormenzana, R. Delgado (1998)
Biomineralization of carbonates by Halomonas eurihalina in solid and liquid media with different salinities: crystal formation sequence.Research in microbiology, 149 4
E. Loste, F. Meldrum (2001)
Control of calcium carbonate morphology bytransformation of an amorphous precursor in a constrained volumeChemical Communications
C. Dupraz, P. Visscher (2005)
Microbial lithification in marine stromatolites and hypersaline mats.Trends in microbiology, 13 9
A. Petrisor, T. Kawaguchi, A. Decho (2004)
Quantifying CaCO3 Microprecipitates Within Developing Surface Mats of Marine Stromatolites Using GIS and Digital Image AnalysisGeomicrobiology Journal, 21
A. Pentecost, J. Bauld (1988)
Nucleation of calcite on the sheaths of cyanobacteria using a simple diffusion cellGeomicrobiology Journal, 6
W. Altermann, J. Kazmierczak, A. Oren, D. Wright (2006)
Cyanobacterial calcification and its rock‐building potential during 3.5 billion years of Earth historyGeobiology, 4
H. Paerl, T. Steppe, R. Reid (2001)
Bacterially mediated precipitation in marine stromatolites.Environmental microbiology, 3 2
H. Chafetz, Chris Buczynski (1992)
Bacterially Induced Lithification of Microbial MatsPALAIOS, 7
Sophie Sprachta, G. Camoin, S. Golubić, T. Campion (2001)
Microbialites in a modern lagoonal environment: nature and distribution, Tikehau atoll (French Polynesia)Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 175
E. Wieringa, Jörg Overmann, H. Cypionka (2000)
Detection of abundant sulphate-reducing bacteria in marine oxic sediment layers by a combined cultivation and molecular approach.Environmental microbiology, 2 4
L. Stal (2003)
Microphytobenthos, their Extracellular Polymeric Substances, and the Morphogenesis of Intertidal SedimentsGeomicrobiology Journal, 20
L. Stal (1994)
Microbial mats in coastal environments
Friedrich Pflueger (1999)
Matground structures and redox faciesPALAIOS, 14
N. Noffke (1998)
Multidirected ripple marks rising from biological and sedimentological processes in modern lower supratidal deposits (Mellum Island, southern North Sea)Geology, 26
Cölfen Cölfen, Qi Qi (2001)
A systematic examination of the morphogenesis of calcium carbonate in the presence of a double block copolymerChemical European Journal, 7
B. Wilkinson, C. Drummond, Nathaniel Diedrich, E. Rothman (1997)
Biological mediation of stochastic peritidal carbonate accumulationGeology, 25
C. Tai, F. Chen (1998)
Polymorphism of CaCO3, precipitated in a constant‐composition environmentAiche Journal, 44
T. Sutherland, J. Grant, C. Amos (1998)
The effect of carbohydrate production by the diatom Nitzschia curvilineata on the erodibility of sedimentLimnology and Oceanography, 43
Stal Stal, Van Gemerden Van Gemerden, Krumbein Krumbein (1985)
Structure and development of a benthic marine microbial matFEMS Microbiology Ecology, 31
J. Gall (2007)
Role of Microbial MatsPalaeobiology II
G. Arp, A. Reimer, J. Reitner (2001)
Photosynthesis-Induced Biofilm Calcification and Calcium Concentrations in Phanerozoic OceansScience, 292
N. Noffke (1999)
Erosional remnants and pockets evolving from biotic–physical interactions in a Recent lower supratidal environmentSedimentary Geology, 123
R. Philippis, M. Vincenzini (1998)
Exocellular polysaccharides from cyanobacteria and their possible applicationsFems Microbiology Reviews, 22
R. Reid, P. Visscher, A. Decho, John Stolz, B. Bebout, C. Dupraz, Ian Macintyre, H. Paerl, J. Pinckney, L. Prufert-Bebout, T. Steppe, D. desmarais (2000)
The role of microbes in accretion, lamination and early lithification of modern marine stromatolitesNature, 406
K. Benzerara, N. Menguy, P. López‐García, T. Yoon, J. Kazmierczak, T. Tyliszczak, F. Guyot, G. Brown (2006)
Nanoscale detection of organic signatures in carbonate microbialites.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103 25
R. Ludwig, F. Al-Horani, D. Beer, H. Jonkers (2005)
Photosynthesis‐controlled calcification in a hypersaline microbial matLimnology and Oceanography, 50
H. Cölfen, L. Qi (2001)
A systematic examination of the morphogenesis of calcium carbonate in the presence of a double-hydrophilic block copolymer.Chemistry, 7 1
M. González-Muñoz, K. Chekroun, A. Aboud, J. Arias, M. Rodríguez-Gallego (2000)
Bacterially Induced Mg-Calcite Formation: Role Of Mg2+ in Development of Crystal MorphologyJournal of Sedimentary Research, 70
Chris Buczynski, H. Chafetz (1991)
Habit of bacterially induced precipitates of calcium carbonate and the influence of medium viscosity on mineralogyJournal of Sedimentary Research, 61
L. Warren, P. Maurice, N. Parmar, F. Ferris (2001)
Microbially Mediated Calcium Carbonate Precipitation: Implications for Interpreting Calcite Precipitation and for Solid-Phase Capture of Inorganic ContaminantsGeomicrobiology Journal, 18
J. Gehling (1999)
Microbial mats in terminal Proterozoic siliciclastics; Ediacaran death masksPALAIOS, 14
Westbroek Westbroek, Buddemeier Buddemeier, Coleman Coleman, Kok Kok, Fautin Fautin, Stal Stal (1994)
Strategies for the study of climate forcing by calcificationPast and Presence Biomineralization Processes, 13
W. Krumbein (1979)
Photolithotropic and chemoorganotrophic activity of bacteria and algae as related to beachrock formation and degradation (gulf of Aqaba, Sinai)Geomicrobiology Journal, 1
Benzerara Benzerara, Menguy Menguy, López‐García López‐García, Tae‐Hyun Yoon Kazmierczak Tae‐Hyun Yoon Kazmierczak, Tyliszczak Tyliszczak, Guyot Guyot, Brown Brown (2006)
Nanoscale detection of organic signatures in carbonate microbialitesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 103
M. Yallop, B. Winder, D. Paterson, L. Stal (1994)
Comparative structure, primary production and biogenic stabilization of cohesive and non-cohesive marine sediments inhabited by microphytobenthosEstuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 39
S. Douglas, T. Beveridge (1998)
Mineral formation by bacteria in natural microbial communitiesFEMS Microbiology Ecology, 26
H. Jonkers, G. Koopmans, H. Gemerden (1998)
Dynamics of Dimethyl Sulfide in a Marine Microbial MatMicrobial Ecology, 36
Martina Merz-Preiß, R. Riding (1999)
Cyanobacterial tufa calcification in two freshwater streams: ambient environment, chemical thresholds and biological processesSedimentary Geology, 126
Gerdes Gerdes, Krumbein Krumbein, Reineck Reineck (1985)
The depositional record of sandy, versicolored tidal flats (Mellum Island, Southern North Sea)Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 55
Merz Merz, Zankl Zankl (1993)
The influence of the sheath on carbonate precipitation by CyanobacteriaStudies on Fossil Benthic Algae, 1
L. Stal, H. Gemerden, W. Krumbein (1985)
STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF A BENTHIC MARINE MICROBIAL MATFems Microbiology Letters, 31
A. Seilacher (1999)
Biomat-related lifestyles in the PrecambrianPALAIOS, 14
B. Burns, F. Goh, M. Allen, B. Neilan (2004)
Microbial diversity of extant stromatolites in the hypersaline marine environment of Shark Bay, Australia.Environmental microbiology, 6 10
L. Stal (2001)
Coastal microbial mats: the physiology of a small-scale ecosystemSouth African Journal of Botany, 67
W. Dreybrodt (1980)
Deposition of calcite from thin films of natural calcareous solutions and the growth of speleothemsChemical Geology, 29
T. Kawaguchi, A. Decho (2002)
A laboratory investigation of cyanobacterial extracellular polymeric secretions (EPS) in influencing CaCO3 polymorphismJournal of Crystal Growth, 240
J. Gómez-Morales, J. Torrent-Burgués, A. López-Macipe, R. Rodríguez-Clemente (1996)
Precipitation of calcium carbonate from solutions with varying Ca2+/carbonate ratiosJournal of Crystal Growth, 166
K. Guiguer, R. Drimmie, M. Power (2003)
Validating methods for measuring δ18O and δ13C in otoliths from freshwater fishRapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 17
J. Gallon (2006)
Reconciling the incompatible: N2 fixation And O2New Phytologist, 122
M. Joachimski, C. Ostertag-Henning, R. Pancost, H. Strauss, K. Freeman, R. Littke, J. Damsté, G. Racki (2001)
Water column anoxia, enhanced productivity and concomitant changes in δ13C and δ34S across the Frasnian–Famennian boundary (Kowala — Holy Cross Mountains/Poland)Chemical Geology, 175
R. Riding (2000)
Microbial carbonates: the geological record of calcified bacterial–algal mats and biofilmsSedimentology, 47
M. Merz (1992)
Biology of carbonate precipitation by cyanobacteriaFacies, 29
G. Gerdes, T. Klenke, N. Noffke (2000)
Microbial signatures in peritidal siliciclastic sediments: a catalogueSedimentology, 47
F. Meldrum, S. Hyde (2001)
Morphological influence of magnesium and organic additives on the precipitation of calciteJournal of Crystal Growth, 231
T. Kawaguchi, A. Decho (2002)
ISOLATION AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SECRETIONS (EPS) FROM MODERN SOFT MARINE STROMATOLITES (BAHAMAS) AND ITS INHIBITORY EFFECT ON CACO3 PRECIPITATIONPreparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, 32
ABSTRACT Precipitated calcium carbonate was found in annual cyanobacterial mats developing on the beaches of the North Sea barrier island Schiermonnikoog (the Netherlands). A variety of different calcium carbonate morphs were found in the cyanobacterial mucous secretions and identified by light‐ and scanning electron microscopy and X‐ray diffraction. Most of the calcium carbonate seemed to be associated with degrading extracellular polymer. It is conceived that supersaturation of calcium carbonate resulted from the periodic evaporation of the mats and from the release of calcium from the cyanobacterial mucous as a result of its degradation. The analysis of the carbon stable isotopic composition of the calcium carbonate showed only a slight depletion of 13C, indicating that it did not in major part originated from the decomposition of organic matter. The δ18O values of the calcium carbonate confirmed the temperature differences between spring and summer but excluded the possibility that excessive evaporative events controlled precipitation. The precipitation of calcium carbonate could represent a potential factor enhancing the stabilization of intertidal siliciclastic sediments through cementing the sand. The discovery of massive calcium carbonate precipitation in these cyanobacterial mats was unexpected and hitherto unknown.
Geobiology – Wiley
Published: Jan 1, 2008
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.