Stromatolites on the rise in peat-bound karstic wetlands

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 15384 - 8
• Main Authors: Proemse, Bernadette C., Eberhard, Rolan S., Sharples, Chris, Bowman, John P., Richards, Karen, Comfort, Michael, Barmuta, Leon A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 13.11.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 140/133; 45/23; 45/77; 45/91; 704/158/2459; 704/158/47; 704/286; 704/47; Alphaproteobacteria - classification; Alphaproteobacteria - growth & development; Cyanobacteria - classification; Cyanobacteria - growth & development; Geologic Sediments - microbiology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Macroinvertebrates; Models, Biological; Mounds; multidisciplinary; Peat; pH effects; Phylogeny; Predation; River catchments; Rivers; rRNA; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Shells; Stromatolites; Water springs; Water temperature; Wetlands; Wilderness; World Heritage Areas
• ISSN: 2045-2322; 2045-2322
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-15507-1

Stromatolites are the oldest evidence for life on Earth, but modern living examples are rare and predominantly occur in shallow marine or (hyper-) saline lacustrine environments, subject to exotic physico-chemical conditions. Here we report the discovery of living freshwater stromatolites in cool-te...