ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2021
Limitation of Microbial Processes at Saturation-Level Salinities in a Microbial Mat Covering a Coastal Salt Flat.
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- Study of diversity of mineral-forming bacteria in sabkha mats and sediments of mangrove forest in Qatar.Biotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023Article
- What Controls the Sulfur Isotope Fractionation during Dissimilatory Sulfate Reduction?ACS environmental Au · 2023Review
- Nanoformulation of Tetrapyrroles Derivatives in Photodynamic Therapy: A Focus on Bacteriochlorin.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Review
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Abstract
Hypersaline microbial mats are dense microbial ecosystems capable of performing complete element cycling and are considered analogs of early Earth and hypothetical extraterrestrial ecosystems. We studied the functionality and limits of key biogeochemical processes, such as photosynthesis, aerobic respiration, and sulfur cycling, in salt crust-covered microbial mats from a tidal flat at the coast of Oman. We measured light, oxygen, and sulfide microprofiles as well as sulfate reduction rates at salt saturation and in flood conditions and determined fine-scale stratification of pigments, biomass, and microbial taxa in the resident microbial community. The salt crust did not protect the mats against irradiation or evaporation. Although some oxygen production was measurable at salinities of ≤30% (wt/vol)
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