21. Adaptation to material and energy gradients in microbial mats and biofilms.
  • Phototrophic microbial mats as structured ecosystems: arrangements and topology.
  • Ecological factors which determine structure and functionalities in mats.
  • Consequences of diurnal light regimes.
  • Physiology: shifts between sulfurogenic and oxygenic photosynthesis in Microcoleus mats.
  • Respiratory activity in mats: shifts between sulfurotrophic and oxytrophic respiration.
  • Interactions with other bacteria of the sulfur cycle.
 
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