John F. StolzAlan W. DechoLee Seong-Joo and Kathleen M. Browne and Stjepko GolubicHeike v. Knorre and Wolfgang E. KrumbeinSabine Castanier and Gaële Le Métayer-Levrel and Jean-Pierre PerthuisotRobert L. Folk and Henry S. ChafetzMartina Merz-PreißStjepko Golubic and Lee Seong-Joo and Kathleen M. BrowneEric P. VerrecchiaBarbara M. WinsboroughManfred SchidlowskiS.H. Bottrell and R. RaiswellHans G. Machel and Julia FoghtF.G. FerrisDavid SoudryWolfgang OschmannJoachim Reitner and Volker Thiel and Heinrich Zankl and Walter Michaelis and Gert Wörheide and Pascale GautretAnna A. Gorbushina and Wolfgang E. KrumbeinBrian JonesMartyn PedleyRobin W. Renaut and Brian JonesGisela Gerdes and Wolfgang E. Krumbein and Nora NoffkeJ.M. Rouchy and C. MontyDavid M. Paterson and Kevin S. BlackJuan C. Braga and José M. MartínKathleen M. Browne and Stjepko Golubic and Lee Seong-JooJoel B. ThompsonP.A. Clari and L. MartirePaul AharonBrian R. PrattReinhold R. Leinfelder and Dieter U. SchmidMikhail A. Semikhatov and Maria E. RaabenDawn Y. SumnerH.J. Hofmann

Structure of Microbial Mats and Biofilms	p. 1
Exopolymer Microdomains as a Structuring Agent for Heterogeneity Within Microbial Biofilms	p. 9
On Stromatolite Lamination	p. 16
Bacterial Calcification	p. 25
Bacterial Roles in the Precipitation of Carbonate Minerals	p. 32
Bacterially Induced Microscale and Nanoscale Carbonate Precipitates	p. 40
Calcification in Cyanobacteria	p. 50
Cyanobacteria: Architects of Sedimentary Structures	p. 57
Fungi and Sediments	p. 68
Diatoms and Benthic Microbial Carbonates	p. 76
Carbon Isotopes and Microbial Sediments	p. 84
Sulphur Isotopes and Microbial Sulphur Cycling in Sediments	p. 96
Products and Depth Limits of Microbial Activity in Petroliferous Subsurface Settings	p. 105
Microbe-Metal Interactions in Sediments	p. 121
Microbial Phosphate Sediment	p. 127
Microbes and Black Shales	p. 137
Organic and Biogeochemical Patterns in Cryptic Microbialites	p. 149
Subaerial Microbial Mats and Their Effects on Soil and Rock	p. 161
Microbial Sediments in Tropical Karst Terrains: A Model Based on the Cayman Islands	p. 171
Ambient Temperature Freshwater Microbial Tufas	p. 179
Microbial Precipitates Around Continental Hot Springs and Geysers	p. 187
Evaporite Microbial Sediments	p. 196
Gypsum Microbial Sediments: Neogene and Modern Examples	p. 209
Siliciclastic Intertidal Microbial Sediments	p. 217
Subaqueous Siliciclastic Stromatolites: A Case History from Late Miocene Beach Deposits in the Sorbas Basin of SE Spain	p. 226
Shallow Marine Microbial Carbonate Deposits	p. 233
Microbial Whitings	p. 250
Cold Seep Carbonates in the Tertiary of Northwest Italy: Evidence of Bacterial Degradation of Methane	p. 261
Microbial Processes and Products Fueled by Hydrocarbons at Submarine Seeps	p. 270
Microbial Contribution to Reefal Mud-Mounds in Ancient Deep-Water Settings: Evidence from the Cambrian	p. 282
Mesozoic Reefal Thrombolites and Other Microbolites	p. 289
Proterozoic Stromatolite Taxonomy and Biostratigraphy	p. 295
Microbial vs Environmental Influences on the Morphology of Late Archean Fenestrate Microbialites	p. 307
Archean Stromatolites as Microbial Archives	p. 315
Subject Index	p. 329