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Microbial Systems Biology
Conceptual model of simple cyanobacterial microbial mat community
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Conceptual model of a thermophilic cyanobacterial microbial mat community containing three members (daylight hours shown here) (syn=oxygenic phototroph; fap=filamentous anoxygenic phototroph; srb=sulfate-reducing bacteria). Primary productivity from the oxygenic phototroph (syn) contributes metabolites used by other community members (fap and srb).
Credits: Taffs et al., 2009, submitted